On his now-famous episode, Carpenter used his lifeline to call his father and tell him he was about to win the jackpot prize Carpenter continued to live in Connecticut and work for the IRS following ...
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire crowned its first million-dollar winner, John Carpenter, on Nov. 19, 1999 — just three months after the U.S. game show premiered on ABC on Aug. 19, 1999. At the time of ...