Ruby Roberts
TV icon Barbara Walters’ health continues in rapid decline. The 89-year-old former star of The View who reportedly suffers from advanced dementia is extremely frail and now spends her days bed-ridden according to Radar Online.
Barbara Walters has remained a recluse and unseen by the public eye for more than three years. Sources close to Walters allegedly claim that Barbara rarely leaves her bed and fails to recognize even her closest of friends.
“Barbara suffers from exhaustion and fatigue, as well as anxiety and agitation,” spilled an insider. “She’s very frail and spends a great deal of the day napping!”
Last May reports began surfacing that Walters was content to spend her days alone at her home in her ritzy New York City apartment building. According to the former “View” star’s doorman, she has been refusing visitors for the past several months.
It is rumored that Walters’ condition has been deteriorating at such a rapid speed that ABC News has already begun preparing her obituary. Barbara’s team continue to insist that the legend is fine despite current reports.
“Barbara is fading a little more every day. She’s close to the end and her team is scrambling to manage affairs just the way Barbara would want them.
“Sadly, her dementia has been getting worse. [Her] caretakers give her the opportunity to make everyday decisions, but more often than not she’ll stare at them blankly.”
Barbara Walters — who created and co-hosted The View until she retired in 2014 — has not been seen in public since July 2016. Over the past couple of years reports of Walters‘ declining health issues have revealed the popular journalist suffers from heart issues, dementia, and a broken hip along with the natural aches and pains that come with being at an advanced age.
We wish Barbara Walters peace and comfort while navigating the final chapter of her long and incredible life.
