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Charles Van Doren

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Today in History

By The Associated PressNovember 2, 2020 GMT

Today in History

Today is Monday, Nov. 2, the 307th day of 2020. There are 59 days left in the year...

Herbert Stempel, TV quiz show whistleblower, dies at 93

By HILLEL ITALIEMay 31, 2020 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — 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...

Charles Van Doren, figure in game show scandals, dies at 93

By DAVE COLLINSApril 10, 2019 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Charles Van Doren, the dashing young academic whose meteoric rise and fall as a corrupt game show contestant in the 1950s inspired the movie "Quiz Show" and served as a cautionary tale about the staged competitions of early television, has died...

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