In Barbara Walters's Highlight Reel, TV's Rise and Fade

In Barbara Walters's Highlight Reel, TV's Rise and Fade

(CNN) -- Longtime ABC News personality Barbara Walters will retire from TV journalism in 2014, ABC reported late Sunday, closing a chapter on one of the most storied careers in broadcast journalism history. She is expected to make the announcement

And so, soon, shall Barbara Walters. The announcement on “The View” on Monday that Ms. Walters will leave ABC in 2014 was less a farewell than the kickoff of a drawn-out abdication ritual. “I plan to retire from appearing on television at all,” Ms

UPDATED: The veteran ABC News journalist and co-host and co-creator of.

Barbara was terrific. She was very moved by all the attention. And she'll be happier when everyone gets back to doing things normally… She will be keeping an office at ABC News, and if something happens in the world and she wants to report it, she

(CNN) -- Longtime ABC News personality Barbara Walters will retire from TV journalism in 2014, ABC reported late Sunday, closing a chapter on one of the most storied careers in broadcast journalism history. She is expected to make the announcement