Lesley Stahl


News Anchor, News Commentator, Tv Journalist

About

Also Known As
Lesley R Stahl
Birth Place
Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA
Born
December 16, 1941

Family & Companions

Jeffrey Gordon
Husband
Doctor. Married in 1964; divorced.
Bob Woodward
Companion
Reporter. Dated briefly in the mid-1970s when both were covering Watergate.
Bob Dole
Companion
Politician. Dated briefly in the 1970s.
Aaron Latham
Husband
Author, screenwriter. Born c. 1943; eloped in 1977.

Bibliography

"Reporting Live"
Lesley Stahl, Simon & Schuster (1998)

Biography

Life Events

1964

Speech writer for New York Mayor John Lindsay

1968

Joined NBC News as a writer-researcher for the Nixon-McGovern Presidential campaign

1970

Returned to her native Massachusetts to work for CBS affiliate WHDH as a producer (date approximate)

1971

Became on-air reporter at WHDH

1972

Joined CBS News as a Washington-based reporter

1974

Named CBS correspondent

1978

Named co-anchor, "CBS Morning News"

1979

Was CBS White House correspondent

1991

Named co-editor of "60 Minutes"

Family

Dolly Stahl
Mother
Born c. 1918.
Louis Stahl
Father
Businessman. Owned company Stahl Finish, which produced chemicals to treat and finish leather died on August 29, 1994 at age 80.
Jeff Stahl
Brother
Real estate executive. Born c. 1943.
Taylor Latham
Daughter
Born c. 1977.

Companions

Jeffrey Gordon
Husband
Doctor. Married in 1964; divorced.
Bob Woodward
Companion
Reporter. Dated briefly in the mid-1970s when both were covering Watergate.
Bob Dole
Companion
Politician. Dated briefly in the 1970s.
Aaron Latham
Husband
Author, screenwriter. Born c. 1943; eloped in 1977.

Bibliography

"Reporting Live"
Lesley Stahl, Simon & Schuster (1998)