Jerry Springer died peacefully at home in suburban Chicago after a brief illness, a family spokesperson said in a statement.
The Jerry Springer Show was known for its sensational topics and the fights and arguments that frequently broke out among guests.Jerry Springer, the one-time mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons, has died aged 79.
"Jerry's ability to connect with people was at the heart of his success in everything he tried whether that was politics, broadcasting or just joking with people on the street who wanted a photo or a word," Jene Galvin, a family spokesperson and friend of Springer's since 1970, in a statement. His parents, Richard and Margot, were German Jews who fled to England during the Holocaust, in which other relatives were killed in Nazi gas chambers.
In a subsequent admission that could have been the basis for one of his future shows, Springer said he had paid prostitutes with personal cheques. It made him a celebrity who would go on to host a radio talk show and America's Got Talent, star in a movie called Ringmaster, and compete on Dancing With the Stars.Adam Larkey/Disney General Entertainment Con
In a "Too Hot For TV" video released as his daily show neared seven million viewers in the late 1990s, Springer offered a defence against disgust.
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