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Aaron Latham, journalist, author and screenwriter, has died. He was 78.
TheUrban Cowboywriter, who was married to CBS News’Lesley Stahlsince 1977, died Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
Latham had Parkinson’s Disease and his health worsened after he contracted COVID-19 in 2020. Stahl, 80, previously opened up to PEOPLE after she and her husband tested positive for the coronavirus “at the same time.”
“I had it much worse than he did. I ended up getting pneumonia and had to go to the hospital,” she said last year. “Then I recovered 100 percent.”
The60 Minutescorrespondent explained that Latham had the opposite reaction. “My husband had a very mild case, but he has Parkinson’s Disease and it played havoc with his disease, sadly. It seems the virus accelerated his Parkinson’s,” Stahl added.
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Stahl also recounted first meeting her husband as they both reported on the Watergate scandal in 1972, when Latham wrote forNew York Magazine.
“He called me out of the blue,” she recalled. “I think I slammed the phone down on him. We dated through the hearings and the trials. Then finally Nixon resigned, and we looked at each other and we said, ‘What are we going to talk about now?'”
In 1977, the then-newlywed couple spoketo PEOPLEabout their love story, as Latham remembered seeing Stahl on the news before they met in person.
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Latham said of their first date: “I found out I didn’t have to worry about whether or not I could talk, because I never got the chance.”
He laughed as Stahl replied: “Oooh, cruel.”
The coupletied the knotin 1977 and they shared daughter Taylor Stahl Latham, 44.
Born Oct. 3, 1943 in Spur, Texas, Lathamgraduated from Amherst Collegein 1966, where he was the editor of the school’s newspaper. He later received his Ph.D. from Princeton.
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source: people.com
