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Creator of TV's `It's Academic' show dies at 95 (AP)

This is an undated family photo of television producer Sophie Altman. Altman, who created the long-running 'It's Academic,' which pits teams of high school students in a test of knowledge, died of heart disease Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington. She was 95. (AP Photo/courtesy Nancy Altman)AP - Television producer Sophie Altman, who created the long-running quiz show “It’s Academic,” pitting teams of high school students against each other, has died. She was 95.

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