- Lesley Stahl
Infobox Person
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name = Lesley Stahl
birth_date = birth date and age|1941|12|16
birth_place =Lynn, Massachusetts ,United States flagicon|USA
known_for =60 Minutes
occupation = News ReporterLesley Rene Stahl (born
December 16 ,1941 ) is an American television journalist.As of 2008 , she has reported forCBS on "60 Minutes " for 19 seasons.Biography
Personal life
Stahl was born in
Lynn, Massachusetts ofJew ish heritage, the daughter of Dorothy J. (née Tishler), and Louis E. Stahl, a food company executive. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20069431,00.html] http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Lesley-Stahl.html] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E7D81738F932A3575AC0A962958260] In 1977, Stahl married authorAaron Latham . The couple currently lives inNew York .Stahl lost over $100,000 in jewelry and electronics after her New York City apartment was burglarized in January 2008. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/02012008/news/regionalnews/60_mins__robbery_715239.htm]
Career
A graduate of Wheaton College, her career received a running start from her coverage of the
Watergate affair. Stahl went on to becomeWhite House correspondent during the presidencies ofJimmy Carter ,Ronald Reagan , andGeorge H.W. Bush . Stahl was the moderator of "Face the Nation " betweenSeptember 1983 andMay 1991 , and from2002 -2004 , Stahl hosted "48 Hours Investigates". In 2002, Stahl made headlines whenAl Gore appeared on "60 Minutes" and revealed for the first time that he would not run for president again in2004 . 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. [http://nymag.com/news/features/34452/index2.html] [http://www.tvguide.com/News/tv-star-salary/070726-03] 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. [ [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3h4am_nsarkozy-sarko-lamericain-281007_politics Sarkozy L'Americain (Sarkozy The American), 60 Minutes, CBS, 10.28.2007] ]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. [cite web | url = http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/02/lesley-stahl-of-cbs-to-deliver.html | title = Lesley Stahl of CBS to deliver commencement address | date =
2008-02-21 | accessdate = 2008-05-18] 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 ] ]
*October 1990–March 1991:America Tonight anchor
*March 1991–present:60 Minutes correspondentFurther reading
*Stahl, Lesley. "Reporting Live" (1999) memoir by TV news reporter
References
External links
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/60minutes/main13546.shtml CBS biography]
*imdb name|id=0821478|name=Lesley Stahl
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/218/000029131/ NNDb entry for Lesley Stahl]
* [http://www.kepplerspeakers.com/speakers/speakers.asp?1+EV+465 Lesley Stahl Biography]
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