Word: ponziing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (Fri. 9 p.m., ABC). The Ponzi Story, with Quentin Reynolds, Hume Cronyn, Coleen Gray and Blanche Yurka...
Died. Andrew Ponzi, 46, flashy wizard of the pool tables, three-time world pocket billiard champion (1935, '40, '43); of a heart ailment; in Philadelphia. Born Andrew D'Alessandro, he earned the lasting nickname "Ponzi" after "Get Rich Quick" Charles Ponzi, the Boston swindler, by nervily taking all challenges, habitually winning his bets...