Charles Van Doren | |
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 Van Doren in 1959 | |
| Born | Charles Lincoln Van Doren February 12, 1926 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 2019 (aged 93) Canaan, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1946−2008 |
| Known for | 1950s quiz show scandals |
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Geraldine Ann Bernstein
(m. 1957) |
| Children | 2 |
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Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019)[1] was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One. Terminated by NBC, he joined Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. in 1959, becoming a vice-president and writing and editing many books before retiring in 1982.
- ^ a b McFadden, Robert D. (April 10, 2019). "Charles Van Doren, a Quiz Show Whiz Who Wasn't, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2019.