<Li> Charles Revson--Inspired by cosmetics competitor Hazel Bishop (whose sponsoring of This Is Your Life provided big sales to Bishop) to think about television sponsorship in the first place, Revson was never investigated in his own right for his role in the quiz show scandals despite testifying (as did his brother, Martin) before Congress when the scandals broke in earnest . The cosmetics empire he founded, however, continued its success--and continued to sponsor television programming--for many years after the scandals faded away . Known as a hard - driving, hard - driven perfectionist whose overbearing manner usually alienated even his closest business partners, Revson's success left him a billionaire when he died in 1975 . His charitable foundation has since given over $145 Million in grants to schools, hospitals, and service organizations in various Jewish communities . </Li> <Li> Dr. Joyce Brothers--Only the second contestant to win the show's big prize (after expertly thwarting numerous attempts to bump her from the show because Martin Revson was said to have disliked her and doubted her credibility as a boxing expert), Brothers has enjoyed the most enduring fame and media success among anyone who rose to prominence by way of Question . Her championship as a boxing expert led to an invitation to become a commentator for CBS' telecast of a championship boxing match between Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilio . By August 1958, Brothers was given her own television program, first locally in New York and then in national syndication . Making numerous television and radio appearances as a psychologist, not to mention numerous television comedy roles, Brothers has also written a long - running syndicated advice column in newspapers and magazines, which was used as a source for some questions on the 1998--2004 revival of Hollywood Squares . She is still considered, arguably, the first media psychologist and had been licensed by New York as a psychologist since 1958 . She died from respiratory failure on May 13, 2013 at age 85 . </Li> <Li> Ralph Story--He became the much - loved host of Ralph Story's Los Angeles (1964--1970), still considered the highest - rated, best - loved local show in Los Angeles television history . Story has also hosted A.M. Los Angeles and was the narrator for the ABC series Alias Smith and Jones in 1972--1973 . He died on September 26, 2006 at the age of 86 . </Li> <P> Selected PBS outlets showed surviving kinescopes of the original Question in Summer 1976, as a run - up to a new version of the show called The $128,000 Question, which ran for two years . The first season was hosted by Mike Darrow and produced at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, while the second was produced at Global Television Network in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and hosted by Alex Trebek . </P>

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