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Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. As of 2008, she has reported for CBS on 60 Minutes for 19 seasons.
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Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. As of 2008, she has reported for CBS on 60 Minutes for 19 seasons.
Personal life
Stahl was born in Lynn, Massachusetts of Jewish heritage, the daughter of Dorothy J. (née Tishler), and Louis E. Stahl, a food company executive.http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Lesley-Stahl.html In 1977, Stahl married author Aaron Latham. The couple currently lives in New York.
Stahl lost over $100,000 in jewelry and electronics after her New York City apartment was burglarized in January 2008.
Career
A graduate of Wheaton College, her career received a running start from her coverage of the Watergate affair. Stahl went on to become White House correspondent during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. Stahl was the moderator of Face the Nation between September 1983 and May 1991, and from 2002 - 2004, Stahl hosted 48 Hours Investigates. In 2002, Stahl made headlines when Al Gore appeared on 60 Minutes and revealed for the first time that he would not run for president again in 2004. When Katie Couric was hired, CBS News asked Stahl to reduce her salary by $500,000 to accommodate Couric's salary, bringing her salary to $1.8 million. In October 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, stood up and walked away from an interview with Stahl, because she insisted on asking him about his relationship with his soon-to-be estranged spouse.
In 1998, she appeared in an episode of Frasier, playing herself in the episode 'Desperately Seeking Closure'.
She has written one book, Reporting Live, which was published in 1999.
She received a Doctorate of Humane Letters honoris causa from Colgate University in 2008. and a Doctorate of Humane Letters honoris causa from Loyola College in Maryland in 2008.
Career timeline
- September 1983–May 1991: Face the Nation moderator[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/60minutes/main13546.shtml CBS News | Lesley Stahl | September 29, 2005 14:30:28
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Further reading
- Stahl, Lesley. "Reporting Live" (1999) memoir by TV news reporter
























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