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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 ...
- Rutgers University
- First top prize winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- January 1968 (age 55), Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
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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 ...
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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
Apr 8, 2020 · First-ever "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" winner John Carpenter says that even 20 years later, he's still not sure how he came up with his epic line. ... John Carpenter, a 31-year-old Internal ...
