Facts:   - years active: 2011-present    - birth name: theresa brigandi    - spouse: larry caputo 1990      - children: 2    - birth date: 10 june 1966    - name: theresa caputo    - parents: nicholas j. brigandi    - birth place: hicksville , new york    - occupation: television personality   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of theresa caputo .
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Answer: theresa caputo -lrb- born june 10 , 1966 ; née brigandi -rrb- is an american television personality best known for portraying herself as a medium on the tlc reality tv series , `` long island medium '' .caputo 's claim of being a medium has been publicly challenged by multiple sources , ranging from television news programs like `` inside edition '' to print publications such as `` wired magazine '' , where james randi stated `` caputo does what 's known in my trade as ` cold reading ' .the very best practitioners can pick up enough information in what seems like innocent , idle conversation to convince you that they know very specific things about you .the scientific phenomenon is called the forer effect -- giving credence to vague observations that seem personal .-lsb- ... -rsb- mediums can not show they do anything more than cold reading nor that what the tv audience sees is just selectively edited to show ` hits ' and ignore the ` misses . ' ''caputo was described by d. j. grothe as a charlatan , and james randi said that her claims were not true .in april 2012 , the james randi educational foundation awarded caputo its pigasus award , a tongue-in-cheek award that seeks to expose parapsychological , paranormal or psychic frauds .in 2014 , investigator ron tebo publicly accused caputo of fraud .according to tebo , caputo engages in several forms of deception , including sending staff members to interview audience members in advance in order to be able to pretend that she acquires knowledge from communicating with the deceased .


Facts:   - name: melvin helitzer    - genre: comedy sports publicity      - occupation: author , professor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of melvin helitzer .
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Answer: melvin helitzer -lrb- october 18 , 1924 - april 11 , 2009 -rrb- was a professor in the e.w. scripps school of journalism at ohio university where he taught sports publicity , promotion and public relations in the university 's graduate school of recreation and sports sciences .


Facts:   - death place: pazardzhik , bulgaria    - death date: 15 may 1954      - birth date: 30 january 1875    - name: atanas burov    - image size: 200px    - image: atanas burov f.jpg    - birth place: gorna oryahovitsa , bulgaria    - occupation: banker   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of atanas burov .
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