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Omaha Steve

(99,057 posts)
Sun May 3, 2020, 11:24 PM May 2020

'60 Minutes' correspondent Stahl says she fought coronavirus

Source: AP

By DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl said Sunday that she’s finally feeling well after a battle with COVID-19 that left her hospitalized for a week.

Stahl said she was “really scared” after fighting pneumonia caused by the coronavirus for two weeks at home before going to the hospital.

“One of the rules of journalism is ‘don’t become part of the story,’” Stahl said at the end of Sunday’s broadcast. “But instead of covering the pandemic, I was one of the more-than-one-million Americans who did become part of it.”

Stahl, 78, is the dean of correspondents at television’s best-known newsmagazine. She joined “60 Minutes” in March 1991, and before that was moderator of the Sunday talk show “Face the Nation” and a Washington correspondent.



FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo, Lesley Stahl attends a panel discussion about the Showtime documentary "The Fourth Estate," at TheTimesCenter in New York. Stahl said Sunday, May 3, 2020, that she's finally feeling well after a battle with COVID-19 that left her hospitalized for a week. Stahl said she was “really scared” after fighting pneumonia caused by the coronavirus for two weeks at home before going to the hospital. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)


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'60 Minutes' correspondent Stahl says she fought coronavirus (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2020 OP
Hard to believe she's 78... DeminPennswoods May 2020 #1
That's what I was thinking. 2naSalit May 2020 #3
Age is a relative thing, I guess DeminPennswoods May 2020 #7
I have so much respect for her. Very happy she won that battle. nt babylonsister May 2020 #2
Good for you Leslie.. mountain grammy May 2020 #4
She's lucky she made it without permanent damage at her age. nt SunSeeker May 2020 #5
She's damn lucky! BigmanPigman May 2020 #6
She looks great! 78??? nt tblue37 May 2020 #8
Welcome back, Lesley. question everything May 2020 #9

2naSalit

(86,039 posts)
3. That's what I was thinking.
Mon May 4, 2020, 12:41 AM
May 2020

But there are several folks in their late seventies and early eighties who are running circles around much younger folks. Look at Speaker Pelosi who just turned 80 a little while ago. Working at that age was pretty rare even a couple decades ago, if that long ago.

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