Television legend Barbara Walters will be honored Friday, May 16 with her final co-host appearance on "The View." (ABC/ DONNA SVENNEVIK)
Barbara Walters interviews the Dalai Lama in India in 2005. (ABC/ ROB WALLACE )
In his first interview since he was left paralyzed from the neck down, actor Christopher Reeve talks with Barbara Walters on a special ABC News' "20/20." (ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES)
Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters on the set of 20/20. The duo anchored the program together from 1979 until 1999 when Hugh Downs retired. (ABC/STEVE FENN)
Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters anchored 20/20 with correspondents (l-r) Bob Brown, Tom Jarriel, Sylvia Chase, Geraldo Rivera and John Stossel in 1983. (ABC/STEVE FENN)
Barbara Walters interviewed Barbra Streisand for the first Barbara Walters Special, December 14, 1976, which aired on the ABC Television Network. (ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES)
Barbara Walters interviews Cuban president Fidel Castro in 1977. (ABC Photo Archives)
In this April 23, 2012 file photo, veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters arrives to the Matrix Awards in New York. (AP Photo/ Charles Sykes)
Former Alaska Gov. and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, left, poses ABC's Barbara Walters, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/ABC, Lou Rocco)
Star Jones, Joy Behar, Meredith Vieira, Debbie Matenopoulos and Walters (AP Photo/ABC, Andrew Eccles)
Longtime O.J. Simpson friend and defense attorney Robert Kardashian sits with Barbara Walters in this undated photo. (AP Photo/ABC, Randy Holmes)
This is an undated photo of ABC News "20/20" co-anchor Barbara Walters and Jim Bakker. (AP Photo/ ANDREW SEMEL)
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, Barbara Walters, right, and Ret. General Colin Powell greet Vanessa Saldano. (AP Photo/ MARK LENNIHAN)
In this image released by ABC, Barbara Walters, right, visits with actor Patrick Swayze, left, and his wife Lisa Niemi at their California ranch on Dec. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/ RON TOM)
In this image released by Harpo Productions, journalist Barbara Walters, left, holds the hand of Oprah Winfrey during an interview for "The Oprah Winfrey Show," in April 2008. (AP Photo/George Burns)
This photo released by ABC shows former President Bill Clinton and Barbara Walters. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)
Barbara Walters co-hosts with, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck in a broadcast on July 12, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey Neira)
Barbara Walters raises her arm as she reacts to something she sees as she stands next to Dr. Henry Kissinger at a dinner honoring the former secretary of state on May 3, 1980. (AP Photo/ PEC)
ABC news correspondent Barbara Walters is driven on a sightseeing tour by Fidel Castro in this June 6, 1977 file photo taken in Cuba. (AP Photo)
Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, center, are interviewed by ABC-TV correspondent Barbara Walters,left, in Plains in December 1976 in their Georgia, home. (AP Photo)
Barbara Walters shown after opening night on the ABC evening news with Anchor partner, Harry Reasoner on Oct. 4, 1976. (AP Photo)
Newswoman Barbara Walters is shown on the set in NBC Studios, March 1974. (AP Photo)
Television newswoman Barbara Walters is seen in this undated photograph. (AP Photo/ XCB)
Televison broadcast journalist Barbara Walters holds her induction award at the 6th annual Academy of Television Arts and Science's Hall of Fame in Los Angeles, CA on Jan. 7, 1990. (AP Photo/Doug Sheridan)
ABC television newscaster Barbara Walters hugs her new husband, Merv Adelson, moments after their wedding ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif., May 10, 1986. (AP Photo/Peter Borsari)
Former President Richard M. Nixon answers question Thursday during interview by ABC television personality Barbara Walters on May 8, 1980 in New York. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat presents Barbara Walters of ABC with a handmade dress and mother- of-pearl box following an interview with him in Beirut, Sept. 21 1977. (AP Photo/Harry Koundakjian)
Barbara Walters appears as co-host on NBC's Today Show in 1976. During the show, Walters announced she has accepted an ABC offer to become the rival networks' evening anchorwoman. (AP Photo/ XCB)
President Gerald Ford gives television personality Barbara Walters a helping hand as she slips while stepping onto the stage during an awards presentation March 10, 1975. (AP Photo/ Anonymous)
Jeffrey Tambor, Bill Geddie and Barbara Walters attend the TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala on Tuesday, April, 23, 2013 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision for The Hollywood Reporter/AP Images)
See images of ABC News anchor and "The View" host Barbara Walters through the years.