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.

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.

Herbert Stempel, the contestant on NBC’s “Twenty-One” who helped uncover the quiz show rigging scandals of the 1950s, died on April 7 at the age of 93. His death, which had not been publicly ...

Herb Stempel, the whistleblower portrayed in 'Quiz Show,' dies at 93. As a contestant on NBC's Twenty-One in 1956, Stempel went public with the revelation that he was given the answers to questions.

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.

Herbert Stempel, most famously known as the whistleblower in the TV quiz show scandals of the 1950s, died this past April. He was 93 years old. According to the New York Times, Stempel's death was ...

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, has died. News. Home Page ; ...

Herb Stempel, whose admission that television game shows were fixed led to a major scandal and congressional investigation, has died. He passed at age 93 on April 7, but his death just recently ...