INSIDE BARBARA WALTERS' PRISON OF PAIN!

DEMENTIA LEAVES TV ICON FRAIL & FADING FAST IN NYC APARTMENT

FAILING recluse Barbara Walters has been spending her final days in a tragic prison of pain, sources said. The former star of “The View” hasn’t been seen in public for three years — and this National ENQUIRER special report takes you inside the TV news legend’s sad, addled life!

Now 89 and suffering from advanced dementia, according to sources, the brains behind the talk show is said to rarely leave her bed and doesn’t even recognize her famous 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!”