Aaron Latham Biography – Aaron Latham Wiki
Aaron Latham was an American journalist who wrote the article that inspired the movie Urban Cowboy and co-wrote its script with director James Bridges. He also co-wrote the book for the short-lived 2003 Broadway musical version. He also co-wrote the films Perfect (1985), The Program (1993), and Urban Cowboy (1980).
He was a regular contributor to such publications as Rolling Stone, Esquire, Talk, and The New York Times. He wrote a few novels and co-wrote the screenplays Perfect, also with Bridges, another film inspired by his articles, and The Program. He graduated from Amherst College in 1966, where he was the editor of the school’s newspaper. He later received his Ph.D. from Princeton.
Aaron Latham Age
He was born on October 3, 1943, in Spur, Texas, United States, and died on July 23, 2022, in Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. He was 78 years at the time of his death.
Aaron Latham Wife
He was married to CBS News and 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl from 1977 to 2002). They have one daughter named Taylor.
Aaron Latham Children
He had one child, a daughter named Taylor Stahl Latham. Taylor is a producer on the Apple TV+ drama Servant.
Aaron Latham Family
He was brought up in a Methodist family in the tiny Spur in Dickens County in West Texas near Lubbock. He was the son of Annie Launa (Cozby) and Cecil Clyde Latham.
Aaron Latham Death
He died on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania, USA. He suffered from Parkinson’s Disease and his health worsened after he contracted COVID-19 in 2020. His partner Stahl, 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 in 2021. “Then I recovered 100 percent.”
Stahl and the couple’s daughter, Taylor Stahl Latham, a producer on the Apple TV+ drama “Servant,” were with him as he died. “He loved being two things: He loved being a writer and he loved being a father,” Stahl told Variety, noting that he got a good start as a writer at The Washington Post and moved on from there to even bigger accomplishments.
Aaron Latham Cause of Death
He died on July 23, 2022, in Pennsylvania, USA. He died from complications from Parkinson’s disease.
