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No one loved life, laughter and a good time more than Joan. We would have dinner and laugh and gossip and I always left the table smiling. She was a brassy, often outrageous and hilarious performer who made millions laugh. In private, she was the picture of elegance and class. I will miss her.

— Barbara Walters on Joan Rivers

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No one loved life, laughter and a good time more than Joan. We would have dinner and laugh and gossip and I always left the table smiling. She was a brassy, often outrageous and hilarious performer who made millions laugh. In private, she was the picture of elegance and class. I will miss her." in the context of "Barbara Walters, "Stars, others react to death of Joan Rivers", Reuters (4 September 2014)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Barbara Walters

About Barbara Walters

Barbara Jill Walters (25 September 1929 – 30 December 2022) was an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, Walters appeared as the host of numerous television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until 2015.