Herbert Stempel, the Bronx-born brainiac who became a central figure and whistleblower in the game show rigging scandals of the 1950s, a cultural turning point later chronicled in the 1994 movie ...

Herb Stempel, who had been scripted to lose on the show “Twenty-One,” testified at a congressional hearing in 1959 investigating the rigging of TV quiz shows.

Herb Stempel, the contestant on NBC's 'Twenty-One' who helped expose the rigged television quiz shows of the 1950s after he was "beaten" by Charles Van Doren, has died. He was 93.

Stempel was a reigning champion on the game show "Twenty-One" in the 1950s, until he deliberately lost to Charles Van Doren.

Herb Stempel, who was portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 film 'Quiz Show,' has died at the age of 93.

Robert C. Stempel, who died at 77 Tuesday, was a loyal GM soldier. Unfortunately for him, and the company, he was badly miscast.

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 ...

Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show “Twenty-One” was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by ...

Stempel College’s School of Public Health ranked 18th in the country in most National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded public health programs at public universities, and 28 th overall, according to ...

Herbert Stempel, the contestant on NBC's "Twenty-One" who helped uncover the quiz show rigging scandals of the 1950s, died on April 7.

Herbert Stempel, a whistleblower of early television whose confession to deliberately losing on a '50s quiz show helped drive a national scandal, dies.