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Woman who was involved in 50s quiz show scandal dies (The State) |
NEW YORK Vivienne Nearing, a lawyer who was one of the contestants embroiled in the quiz-show scandal of the late 1950s, died recently in East Hampton, N.Y. She was 81 and divided her time between East Hampton and New York City. The cause was adrenal cancer, said Sara M. Kiemback, a close friend. Nearing made headlines in 1957 when she dethroned Charles Van Doren as champion on Twenty-One, the ... |