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Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't.

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Barbara Walters
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 25
Journalist
News Presenter
Television Presenter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Jill Walters
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