The View is reflecting on the lifetime of an plain legend.

After Barbara Walters handed away on the age of 93 on Dec. 30, co-hosts from through the years appeared on the Jan. 3 episode to pay tribute to the daytime discuss present’s creator.

Along with present hosts Pleasure Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin, former co-host Debbie Matenopoulos joined the roundtable to honor Walters. Plus, Star Jones and Meredith Vieira appeared remotely to share their favourite recollections of the legend.

“She very a lot defied sexism and he or she defied ageism,” Behar—the one authentic panelist—stated. “She went proper into the jaws of the lion.”

As Behar famous, Walters’ resolution to create the discuss present would set a precedent.

“She began The View when she was 68 years previous,” Behar continued. “There are only a few individuals who begin a brand new profession at that age. And she or he had no mentors or position fashions as a result of she was the unique position mannequin for everyone else, so we have now to provide the lady a variety of credit score. She was not only a buddy to us, however she was actually one among a form and essential to the business.”