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Barbara Walters sendoff reunites The View hosts past and present

ABC's The View will gather all 11 past and present co-hosts to salute Barbara Walters as she retires from daily television.
Barbara Walters has spent nearly four decades at ABC News, joining the network in 1976 to become the first female co-anchor on an evening news program. (Charles Sykes/Associated Press)

ABC's The View will gather all 11 past and present co-hosts to salute Barbara Walters as she retires from daily television.

The network said Wednesday the first-ever reunion will air live on the May 15 episode of The View, the day before Walters says goodbye as series co-host.

Among those scheduled to appear are Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Joy Behar. They will join current co-hosts Walters, Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy and Whoopi Goldberg.

The 84-year-old Walters announced in 2013 that she would be retiring this year from regular TV appearances.

She'll remain an executive producer with the New York-based The View and will make special ABC News appearances as events warrant, the network has said.