Charles Van Doren, figure in game show scandals, dies at 93

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HARTFORD, Conn. >> Charles Van Doren, the dashing young academic whose meteoric rise and fall as a corrupt game show contestant in the 1950s inspired the movie “Quiz Show” and served as a cautionary tale about the staged competitions of early television, has died. He was 93.

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