Matenopoulos, who was the original line-ups representative of the younger generation, said Walters taught her the business.

I was a 22-year-old journalism student at NYU, Matenopoulos said via satellite.

Vieira specifically noted the Halloween episode in which Walters dressed in a sexy get-up as Marilyn Monroe.

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@ehasselbecklooks back on the 10 years she spent with#BarbaraWaltersas a co-host of#TheView.

“I was her TV daughter, she was my TV mom.

WGA West building in Hollywood

“It was really an audition for 20 years later to come hang out [on#TheView].

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“THIS IS MY LEGACY!

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@JoyVBeharon Barbara Walters: “She very much defied sexism and she defied ageism.

She went right into the jaws of the lion.

““She was the original role model for everybody else.