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Lesley Stahl Biography
Birth Name:
Lesley Rene Stahl
Birth Place:
Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Broadcast journalist, reporter, anchor
Fast Facts
- Graduated cum laude from Wheaton College in 1963 and pursued graduate studies in zoology at Columbia
- Got her big break in network television covering the Watergate scandal from its beginning as a rookie reporter for CBS
- Met her second husband, Aaron Latham, when both were covering Watergate
- Has interviewed world leaders and news makers including Boris Yeltsin, Margaret Thatcher and Yasir Arafat
- Served as moderator of the venerable CBS news program Face the Nation
- Has won numerous Emmys as well as other journalism awards, including the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award, the Edward R
- Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in Television and the prestigious Alfred I
- duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award
- Has served on the board of the New York City Ballet
Relationships
- Jeffrey Stahl -- Brother
- Taylor Latham -- Daughter
- Jeffrey Gordon -- Ex-husband
- Louis E. Stahl -- Father
- Dorothy Tishler -- Mother