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 ...

(1942-2022) Elizabeth Edmunds Stempel (“Liz”) died December 28, 2022, at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, VT. Liz was born in Burlington, Vermont, and was predeceased by her ...

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, 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 ...

Former quiz show contestant Herbert Stempel testifies during the House Commerce Subcommittee's inquiry into the charges that shows have been rigged. He passed away on April 7, 2020 at the age of ...

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.