', In 1982, at the age of 14, Jackie, as Walters called her, started hanging out with the Eighty-fourth Street Gang, and later learned her daughter was taking amphetamines. A former Navy lieutenant and business executive, Robert Henry Katz was Walters' first husband. Geddie worked out the show's format with Walters and was named the show's co-executive producer. [45] She became a writer on The Morning Show at CBS in 1955. She also announced that she would continue as the show's executive producer for as long as it "is on the air". [1][2] Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View. ), Her parents met in Boston in 1919, and were married for nearly 60 years, with Walters noting in her ABC News interview: 'In those days, people didn't get divorced. Walters was married four times to: businessman Robert Henry Katz from 1955 to 1957; to theatrical producer and theatre owner Lee Guber from 1963 to 1976; twice to Merv Adelson, CEO of Lorimar. [38] After her father moved the family to New York City, she spent eighth grade at the private Ethical Culture Fieldston School,[39] after which the family moved back to Miami Beach. After many years at NBC, Walters initially declined ABC's offer. They wed on December 8, 1963, as Barbara was in the early stages of her journey at NBCs The Today Show. 1963. december 8-n hzasodtak ssze, s 1976-ban vltak el. He is a business executive and former Navy lieutenant. [124] In 2007 she dated Pulitzer Prizewinning gerontologist Robert Neil Butler. Loving husband for 45 years of Rita Kupsick Katz. Lee Guber was Walterss second husband, and the two met on a blind date. They adoptedJacqueline Dena Guberwhen she was an infant in 1968. [33], Walters said that being surrounded by celebrities when she was young kept her from being "in awe" of them. Unfortunately, their marriage didnt last long. Video clips show her weightlifting with Arnold Schwarzenegger, playing pool with Eddie Murphy, and fishing with Sandra Bullock. She was surrounded by loved ones during her last moment. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. But after 13 years, the marriage ran its course. Walters was married four times to three spouses (she and Robert Henry Katz divorced in 1957, and she was married and divorced to Merv Adelson twice). Lee Guber produced several Broadway theatre productions and went on to open a chain of entertainment venues along the East Coast. The couple quickly got back together, and on December 8, 1963, she became Mrs. Lee Guber at the age of 34. . [18] Her last on-air interview was with Donald Trump for ABC News in December 2015,[109] and she made her final public appearance in 2016. 'I realized I was giving up a steady job for something that was short-termed, but I loved working in television the creativity, the interesting people, the whole atmosphere,' she recalled in her memoir. Lee Guber Barbara Walters was married to Lee Guber , a Broadway producer and entertainment . However, she only had four husbands. Outside of her office she still retained her office extension. They divorced in 1976 when their daughter was just eight years old. Barbara Walters' first husband was business executive and former Navy lieutenant Robert Henry Katz. The prestigious position had always been a male bastion, and the prevailing thought was that delivering the news about politics, wars, and natural disasters would not be taken seriously if done by a woman.'. Photo by Clarence Elie-Rivera/Getty Images. They seperated after two years and as Walters said in her book, Audition: A. On June 20, 1955, they married at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. 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Merv was a kind and gentle man with a great sense of humor, Barbara told The New York Times. While others thought her life was great as a daughter of a nightclub owner but she wanted her father to come home every night and not just on Friday nights. hitType: 'event', Walters has been married three times, first to business executive Robert Henry Katz when she was just 26 (via CheatSheet ). The sad news was confirmed by her longtime former employer ABC News on Friday, Dec. 30 in an on-air tribute and statement online. The award-winning journalist first tied the knot in 1955 to Navy veteran and business executive Robert Henry Katz. She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists, but for all women,' her publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement announcing Walters' death at age 93 on Friday. 'I found it extremely upsetting,' she wrote in Audition. [64][65] According to The New York Times, when she went mano a mano with Walter Cronkite to interview both world leaders, at the end of Cronkite's interview, he is heard saying: "Did Barbara get anything I didn't get? Likewise, she has dated Henry Kissinger, Alan Greenspan, and Edward Brooke. Hollywood Life, Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News. "Ithink when you have an independent life and can support yourself, she told the Times, your reason for marriage becomes different. ', But ABC daytime network executives, which were not affiliated with the news department, came to Walters and her longtime producer Bill Geddie, asking if they had an idea for a show to fill a struggling time slot: 11am. But let's go in order; first there was Robert Henry Katz, a . While this may seem like on of those brain-teasing riddles, theres a perfectly reasonable explanation. The pair allegedly met on a blind date and married in 1981. Walters called him indispensable, according to her memoir. She was married to Merv Adelson, Lee Guber and Robert Henry Katz. She was called a million-dollar baby. Merv Adelson and Walters tied the knot on May 10, 1986. They married from 1963 to 1976. Gilda Radner once played the role of Barabara Walters on the SNL skit called Baba Wawa at Large Credit: SNL. People did not watch her on the ABC evening news. eventAction: 'render' When Frank McGee was named host in 1971, he refused to do joint interviews with Walters unless he was given the first three questions. They filed for divorce in 1957 and had their marriage annulled in 1958. "[35] During her childhood in Miami Beach, she briefly lived with the mobster Bill Dwyer. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The two were married from 1955 to 1957. Her family, including her older sister Jacqueline, moved around a lot, living in Boston, Miami, and New York City, where at one point, they had a 'magnificent penthouse on Central Park West,' according to her memoir. She became Down's co-host in 1984, and remained with the program until she retired as co-host in 2004. Barbara, however, didnt hold their marriages not working out against him. 'My insecurity led me to be a workaholic, to eat lunch at my desk, never to miss a day of work, to make more and still more phone calls on behalf of my clients.'. Robert Henry Katz is best recognized as the ex-husband of one of the most iconic journalists of all time, Barbara Walters. She said: 'I've always wanted to do a show with women of different generations, backgrounds, and views. Walters was known for her work ethic whose roots trace back to a childhood spent in various cities. Then she married Merv Adelson from 1981 to 194. [46], After a few years working at Tex McCrary Inc. as a publicist and as a writer at Redbook magazine, Walters joined NBC's The Today Show as a writer and researcher in 1961. After her divorce from her second husband, Walters, in her early forties, wrote that she was experiencing what she had never really known before 'fun and romances.' It premiered on August 11, 1997. Born in 1968, the couple named her Jacqueline Dena Guber after Barbara's elder sister, but kept that she was adopted a secret. Journalist and TV personality Barbara Walters has garnered fame over the years for many of her celebrity interviews. In 1985, Jacqueline ran away from home and hitchhiked some 800 miles within a month. Barbara Walters had a short marriage to Robert Henry Katz On June 20, 1955, 22-year-old journalist Barbara Walters married Navy vet and business executive Robert Henry Katz, per the New York Times. The marriage lasted about three years, and Walters wrote that during it she was 'quite miserable.' Even though Katz had a fulfilling life, Walters was just 26 years old when she married him and was in the struggling phase of her career as a journalist. Barbara Walters' husbands over the years: Who were Robert Henry Katz, Lee Guber and Merv Adelson? 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Then she married a second husband, Lee Guber, a theatrical producer and theater owner, in December 1963. Who were Barbara Walters' husbands? Robert was a retired Navy officer and business executive. Walters's net worth as of 2022 is $170 million. 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[17], Walters continued to host 10 Most Fascinating People on ABC in 2014[108] and 2015. Initially, she was married to Robert Henry Katz in 1955 but by 1957, the union was annulled. She also wrote her first book, How to Talk with Practically Anybody About Practically Anything. He owned andoperated nightclubs named Latin Quarter which were based in Boston, Florida, and New York, due to which they moved around a lot. Then came theatrical producer and theater owner Lee Guber, who Walters met in 1961 through a blind date and married two years later. [110][111] On January 1, 2023, ABC ran a special called "Our Barbara" and a 20/20 senior producer noted, "For a number of years we kept her office just as is (after 2016), the papers came every day. Unfortunately, they struggled to have a child on their own biologically which lead them down the path of adoption. She married her first husband, Robert Henry Katz, on June 20, 1955, at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. 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