Though the headline identifies him as “Lesley Stahl’s Husband,” a Heavy.com roundup of facts about Aaron Latham ’66 goes beyond his 43-year marriage to the 60 Minutes correspondent, also describing his early life, writing career and current engagement in boxing as a therapy for Parkinson’s disease.
According to the article, Latham grew up playing football in Texas and Arizona, and decided to become a writer in order to fulfill the unrealized dreams of his mother. After graduating from Amherst and then Princeton, Latham began writing books, articles for major magazines and newspapers, and eventually Hollywood screenplays. His writing is the basis for the 1980s John Travolta movies Urban Cowboy and Perfect.
The article details how Latham and Stahl met while reporting on the Watergate scandal and later had a daughter together—Taylor Latham ’99. It concludes by describing Latham’s Parkinson’s diagnosis and therapeutic boxing regimen, which he discussed during an Amherst reunion panel several years ago.