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Here are four facts to know about 60 Minutes journalist Leslie Stahl, including her age, net worth, salary, plastic surgery, husband, and children.

Leslie Stahl is in the news after conducting the first televised interview on 60 Minutes with President-Elect Donald Trump. The veteran reporter interviewed the 70-year-old billionaire mogul, his wife Melania, and four of his children: Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Tiffany Trump, in the family’s debut interview post-election. The highly-anticipated event was watched by millions of people worldwide, and has led to curious viewers searching the Internet for Leslie Stahl’s wiki, age, and husband, among other things. Don’t go anywhere else, because we’ll give you all the information you need to know about Leslie Stahl’s net worth, salary, children as well as plastic surgery!

#1. She Has Been Married to Author Aaron Latham for 40 Years

Although she doesn’t look it, Leslie Stahl’s age is 74-years-old. Her fresh and youthful looks have been rumored to be credited to Stah’s going under the knife; however, the claims of Leslie Stahl’s plastic surgery remain unsubstantiated. As per Leslie Stahl’s wiki, she was born on December 16, 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts. The multifaceted news reporter was raised in a traditional Jewish family, by her parents Dorothy Tishler and Louis Stahl.

Stahl graduated cum laude from Wheaton College and majored in history, before embarking on a career in broadcast journalism. Lesley Stahl’s husband, Aaron Latham, is a prominent journalist as well, who wrote the article which inspired the blockbuster hit movie Urban Cowboy. He has previously been the editor of Esquire magazine, and most recently directed the play Golden Boy. The happy couple has been married since 1977, and reside in New York City with their only daughter Taylor Stahl Latham.

#2 She Has Been Reporting for 60 Minutes for 25 Years

Stahl has worked with CBS for the better part of her career, and has been affiliated with the network since 1972. She has been a part of the extended 60 Minutes family since 1991, and during her tenure, the program became ranked among TV Guide‘s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Stahl made headlines after becoming the first journalist, to report that Al Gore would not be running for the presidency again in 2004. She was also embroiled in controversy, after the former President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, walked out of her interview in 2007, because she probed him about his soon-to-be estranged spouce. Leslie Stahl’s net worth is a staggering $20.0 million, while she rakes in $1.80 million in salary annually.

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#3. She Has a Successful Television Broadcasting Career

The Massachusetts native kick-started her career in journalism with Boston’s Channel 5, WHDH-TV in a dual role as an on-air reporter and producer. After joining CBS, she went on to become a correspondent in 1974, and has credited her recruitment to the Federal Communication Commission’s initiative to include women. Stahl quickly rose up the ranks, becoming the moderator of the political show Face the Nation, as well as the host of documentary series 48 Hours Investigates.

#4. She Was The White House Correspondent for 3 Presidents

Stahl eventually rose to prominence after covering the Watergate scandal that rocked the nation, during President Richard Nixon’s administration in the early 1970s. Subsequently, the award-winning journalist went on to become the White House correspondent for future presidents like Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. At the Republican National Convention (RNC) of 1980, Stahl was the first reporter to announce that George H. W. Bush was the vice-presidential nominee and running mate to President Ronald Reagan.

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