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WhileBarbara Waltersiscelebratedfor herpioneering career, the veteran broadcaster once revealed she hoped one of the lasting legacies she’d leave behind after herdeathwas her that of “a mother.”
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Walters adopted Jacqueline, 54, as a newborn in 1968 with her second husband, theater producer Lee Guber, to whom Walters was married from 1963 to 1967.
Walters has said that her older sister Jacqueline, who died of ovarian cancer in 1985, was"developmentally challenged."
Walters explained in 2014’sHer Storywhy her only child has mostly stayed out of the spotlight over the years: “Jackie has found it difficult all her life because she wants to be anonymous, she just doesn’t like to be a celebrity. She may be the only one in the world who doesn’t like to be a celebrity.”
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Walters said of the challenge that came with balancing her family and career, “I think everybody who works, not just someone who’s in television, not just a celebrity, faces a balancing act… There’s no answer, you do your best.”
“I look back and I think, ‘I wish I had been with her more.’ I was so busy with the career,” Walters admitted. “It’s the age-old problem; on your deathbed, are you going to say, ‘I wish I spent more time in the office’? No, you’ll say, ‘I wish I spent more time with my family.’ And I do feel that way, I wish I had spent more time with my Jackie.”
source: people.com
