FILE - This May 14, 2005 file photo shows TV personality Barbara Walters at the Legends Ball, an award ceremony hosted by Oprah Winfrey in Santa Barbara, Calif. On Friday, May 16, 2014, capping a spectacular half-century run she began as the so-called "Today" Girl, Walters will exit ABC's "The View." Behind the scenes she will remain as an executive producer of the New York-based talk show she created 17 years ago, and make ABC News appearances as events warrant and stories catch her interest. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)