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Herbert Stempel, Who Blew the Whistle on Rigged 1950s Quiz Show, Dies at 93

(NEW YORK) — Herbert Stempel, a fall guy and whistleblower of early television whose confession to deliberately losing on a 1950s quiz show helped drive a national scandal and join his name in history to winning contestant Charles Van Doren, has died age 93. Stempel’s former wife, Ethel Stempel, told The Associated Press on Sunday that he died at a New York nursing home on April 7.

 

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