Charles Van Doren, man at heart of 1950s TV quiz show scandal, dies at 93 Columbia University instructor won $129,000 on ‘Twenty-One,’ but cheating scandal later emerged ...

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Charles Van Doren, central figure in 1950s quiz-show scandal, dies at 93. April 10, 2019 More than ... Dr. Van Doren was an unlikely candidate for TV stardom. He was an author, ...

Charles Van Doren, Disgraced TV Quiz Show Champion, Dies at 93 Herbert Milton Stempel was born Dec. 19, 1926, in the Bronx. His father, Solomon, was a postal carrier and his mother, Mary, a housewife.

The Quiz Club was quintessential Baltimore 1950s audience-participation live television. It was corny, delightful, funny, unpretentious and universal. It owned the early afternoon television market.