Aaron Latham is
a journalist who wrote the article that inspired
the movie Urban Cowboy and co-wrote its script
with director James Bridges. Latham is best
known for his novels and screenplays, including
Urban Cowboy, Perfect, Code of the West, and The
Cowboy with the Tiffany Gun. He is married to
CBS newswoman and 60 Minutes correspondent
Lesley Stahl. In 1967, he was engaged to the
actress Sigourney Weaver. Born October 3, 1943 Latham is a native of
Spur Texas in Dickens County in West Texas 67
miles east of
Lubbock. He is the son of Annie Launa (Cozby)
and Cecil Clyde Latham. Latham’s father coached
high school football and his mother was a
teacher, according to a 1977 feature in People
Magazine.