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John Carpenter (born December 24, 1967 [1]) is an American game show contestant and Internal Revenue Service agent. He is the twelfth highest-earning American game show contestant of all time. Carpenter is best known for becoming the first top-prize winner on the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and the first ever top-prize ...
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- First top prize winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- January 1968 (age 55), Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Apr 23, 2024 · After John Carpenter won the first million-dollar prize on the game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' in November 1999, PEOPLE sat down with him to hear all about how how his life had changed.
- Alexandra Schonfeld
Jul 27, 2020 · At least once per day i think about John Carpenter, the dude who first ran the table in 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' and used his lifeline to flex on national TV for 30 seconds pic.twitter.com ...
- Christina Montford
- Showbiz Senior Writer, Specialty Producer-TV
John Carpenter, a 31 year-old Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent from Hamden, Connecticut, is best known for becoming the first top prize winner on the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and the first ever Top Prize Winner in the entire Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise. On the November 19, 1999 episode of Millionaire, Carpenter advanced to the million-dollar question ...
Apr 8, 2020 · At least once per day i think about John Carpenter, the dude who first ran the table in 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' and used his lifeline to flex on national TV for 30 seconds pic.twitter.com ...
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Apr 23, 2020 · John Carpenter (ABC/Who Wants to be a Millionaire) 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' is airing currently in the US as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the show. It is for the first time in 10 years that the show is on TV during primetime and celebrities are playing the game to donate to their favorite charities.
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