Barbara Walters Planning Her Own Funeral

Barbara Walters — who not long ago skipped the ground-breaking ceremony for the namesake campus center at her alma mater, Sarah Lawrence College — is writing, editing and producing her final show: her own funeral!

The National ENQUIRER has learned the 88-year-old news legend is desperately trying to beat the clock as she plans every detail of her final goodbye. “Barbara is a total control freak so it should be no surprise that she’s producing her funeral," a source told The ENQUIRER.

"She got the idea to call it her ‘Exit Plan’ from her late friend, writer Nora Ephron," the source said. "Every single detail has been spelled out — from the flowers to the venue to the guests and even who she wants to sing. Plus, there will be a video package starring her favorite person — Barbara herself!”

One source speculated the video montage would include clips from Barbara’s most famous TV interviews, like her last tête-à-tête with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and asking Monica Lewinsky, “What will you tell your children, when you have them?”

Barbara — who created and co-hosted “The View” until she retired in 2014 — has not been seen in public since July 2016. While her reps have denied Barbara is in poor health and planning her funeral, sources have told The ENQUIRER she’s been hampered by heart disease.

Since breaking her hip several months ago, she has been confined to a wheelchair. Although Barbara’s butler had been turning away even her closest friends, The ENQUIRER has learned pals are now being welcomed at her Manhattan apartment.

“Friends have been going to see her because it could be the last time,” said one source.