Before the TV Quiz Show Scandal broke in the late 1950s, Herbert Stempel was destined to be a little-remembered contestant on the NBC quiz show "Twenty-One." However, as the man who helped expose ...

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 named Pontiac Motor Division general manager and a GM vice president in November 1978, then Adam Opel managing director in Germany in 1980. By now, he was on track to make it to GM's ...

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 ...

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. Bettmann Archive, via Getty Images ...

Stempel was portrayed by John Turturro in the 1994 drama “Quiz Show,” directed by Robert Redford. Stempel was born in the Bronx on Dec. 19, 1926, the son of Solomon and Mary Stempel.