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Henry Silva, known for many tough-guy roles, dies at 95
Read full article: Henry Silva, known for many tough-guy roles, dies at 95Henry Silva, a prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in โThe Manchurian Candidate,โ โOceanโs Elevenโ and other films, has died.
Herbert Stempel, TV quiz show whistleblower, dies at 93
Read full article: Herbert Stempel, TV quiz show whistleblower, dies at 93Stempel'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. Stempel's former wife, Ethel Stempel, told The Associated Press on Sunday that he died at a New York nursing home on April 7. Interest was revived by the 1994 movie Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford and starring John Turturro as Stempel and Ralph Fiennes as Van Doren, who died last year. Stempel and Van Doren were an obvious contrast: The fair-haired and handsome Van Doren, and the relatively plain Stempel, a stocky, dark-haired man with glasses and a flat, nasally accent. Van Doren, who had no further comment on the scandal until a 2009 essay in The New Yorker, was among those given suspended sentences for lying to the grand jury.