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John Turturro poses for a portrait on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

John Turturro, thief of New York characters, adds a capstone in ‘The Last Pickpocket in New York’

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

FILE - In this August 1956 file photo, Herbert Stempel appears in New York. Stempel, a whistle blower of early television whose confession to deliberately losing on a 1950s quiz show helped drive a national scandal and join his name in history to winning contestant Charles Van Doren, has died age 93. Stempel's former wife, Ethel Stempel, told The Associated Press on Sunday, May 31, 2020, that he died at a New York nursing home on April 7. She cited no specific cause of death. (AP Photo, File)

Herbert Stempel, TV quiz show whistleblower, dies at 93

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press