I have a lot of mixed feelings about Barbara Walters. She accomplished a lot during her time in journalism, and she broke a lot of ceilings. On the other hand, she seems like the kind of woman who is allowed to get ahead in the patriarchy. Her interviews were softball and commercial. The View is justâŠcringe. I think she was savvy about what would play and what would sell, what she could get away with. She feels like a woman from another era to me, someone who had to make some strategic compromises in order to have the career she did, someone who understood mass market tastes.
Her dad, Lou Walters, owned the Latin Quarter nightclub in NYC, among other things; she was born to privilege.
This one makes me sad. We watched this in our home.
cue the original Twilight Zone music someone, willya?
Iâm still watching âChico and the Manâ and this lady has been playing the love interest of the latter. Iâve seen her in other works, and she was a marvy character actress.
Her first appearance. Her being Edâs love interest is confirmed 10 episodes later.
OMG, I love her ever more now! From the above:
On September 9, 2018, a reporter from TMZ approached Cook to ask her opinion about an actor who grabbed a Trump 2020 sign from someone who had held it up in the audience during a performance of the musical Frozen . She replied âWhereâs John Wilkes Booth when you need him?â Someone off camera questioned âSo we need to kill President Trump?â, to which she replied âWhy not?â[6] Cookâs comment received widespread attention and criticism.[7][8]
The Hollywood Report has a good obit on her.
Today is four years since my father died. I miss him in a way, but I also continue to feel a small amount of peace that I donât have to prepare myself for incoming criticism from him. It was exhausting to live that way, which is why I moved far away years ago. It all leaves me feeling weird because itâs not particularly kind to feel that way about a late parent. My mother is still mourning, and probably will for the rest of her days. I donât feel bad about no longer mourning, but I do feel somewhat disloyal, I think thatâs the right word. And, Iâm having a terrible time getting any work done.
I dunno if this will helpâŠ
Parents are human, and we donât get the choice of being their children. Sharing genetic material with the person/s who raise one is no guarantee of having a great relationship with them.
Itâs okay for you to feel the way you do. 
She is life goals!!!
Nothing makes me feel older than the musicians who formed my youth dying off. Crosby had a troubled life, but his music, both on his own and as a group member, remains iconic.
If itâs any help, Ringo and Paul are still alives. Also Micky Dolenz. And aren;t SN&Y all still alive?
Unless Iâm overestimating your age. Plus, 81 is damned old for a rock musician, espeically one who abused his body the way he did. And remember those who didnât make it even half as long as he did.
Not all that old, at least from inside my own skin. I am 65. And yes, all of those people are still alive, but their bands are long gone. I was never much of a Beatles fan, and the Monkees were TV sitcom stars, not real musicians. And donât get me started on the solo Neil Young! 
But CSN/Y? Late 60âs/early 70âs, those were the anthems of my teen years-- Teach Your Children, DĂ©jĂ Vu, Woodstock, Our House, Almost Cut My Hair, Down by the River, Love the One Youâre With⊠and later the ultimate sailing song, Southern Cross. Those are all still in my playlists, all these decades later.
Have you never heard any of the songs that Michael Nesmith wrote, or ever seen him play guitar? Peter Tork was a player at coffee houses in Greenwich Village; but I will admit that Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones were more actors than musicians (note: one neednât play an instrument all the time to be a musician). In fact, if you look up the history of Laurel Canyon, thereâs photos of Micky & David Crosby together at Cass Elliottâs house. Long explanation short: The Monkees were culturally relevant, just as not as much so as the Beatles and CSN & sometimes Y.
I personally thought CSN were over-rated, but thatâs just my tastes, as you have yours. I do know that Crosby played a large part in Joni Mitchellâs early career, producing her 1st album (I think, was it her first?).
Addendum: Found the photo.
This one got me through some rough times
I watched a couple of docos about Laurel Canyon & the folks that lived there, and the story goes they were just driving around and saw that place, and sat down and had the photo takenâŠbut in the wrong order vs. the order of their surnames, lol. It was too good to change, though.