Herb Stempel
Herbert Milton "Herb" Stempel (born December 19, 1926) is a television game show contestant and subsequent whistleblower on the fraudulent nature of the industry, in what became known as the quiz show scandals. His rigged six-week appearance as a winning contestant on the 1950s show Twenty One ended in an equally rigged defeat by Columbia University teacher and literary scion Charles Van Doren.
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Birth date | December 19, 1926 |
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Birth name | Herbert Milton Stempel |
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