Legendary TV host Jerry Springer is dead, aged 79
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The legendary TV host Jerry Springer has died, according to a statement shared with Insider. He was 79 years old.
According to the statement, Springer died peacefully in his home in suburban Chicago on Thursday.
"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 spokesman for Springer's family said, according to the statement.
"He's irreplaceable and his loss hurts immensely, but memories of his intellect, heart and humor will live on."
His family asked that "in lieu of flowers you consider following his spirit and make a donation or commit to an act of kindness to someone in need or a worthy advocacy organization."
The statement continued: "As he always said, 'Take care of yourself, and each other.'"
Jerry Springer's eponymous talk show aired almost 5,000 episodes between 1991 and 2018, when it was canceled.
Prior to becoming a daytime-television staple, Springer was the mayor of Cincinnati between 1977 and 1978.
Springer — whose birth name is Gerald Norman Springer — was born on February 13, 1944, in a London Underground station while his mother was taking refuge during a German air raid.
His Jewish parents had escaped from Nazi Germany just three days before the outbreak of World War II, and after spending his first four years in England, the family immigrated to New York City.
In 1965, he earned a degree in political science from Tulane University, and three years later he graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law.
By 26, he had worked on the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy, settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and made his own bid for Congress. While he failed to unseat the incumbent Republican candidate, a year later he was elected to the city council.
According to Slate, he was a popular but outspoken left-leaning leader and pushed through proposals to ban the drafting of Cincinnati residents for the Vietnam War — Springer himself had been called to active duty in 1970 but had been stationed at Fort Knox before being discharged.
Springer then set his sights on running for Ohio governor and proved with his television spots that he was not afraid of using sensationalist tactics to get audiences to pay attention to him.
For instance, in one he leaned into the fact that he had been fired from his role at Cincinnati city council for soliciting a prostitute. At the time, he told voters: ''This commercial should be proof. I'm not afraid, even of the truth, and even if it hurts.''
After his failed campaign, Springer then made the pivot to television. He was hired as a political commentator for Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, WLWT, which at the time, was the lowest-rated news program. Within two years he was one of the city's most popular anchors.
His talk show, which followed, was originally politically oriented and mimicked the format of "The Phil Donahue Show" until poor ratings convinced the team to change direction. They chose to go tabloid.
Some of the most memorable and outrageous episodes include a man who was living in marital bliss with his horse, a woman who had sex with 251 men in 10 hours to beat the world's sex record, and a mother and daughter who teamed up to be dominatrixes together.
Jerry Springer speaking into a microphone and gesturing to the audience behind him on the set of "The Jerry Springer Show."
Over the years, there were plenty of paternity tests, adultery accusations, and altercations between the guests, who were more than happy to send chairs flying in the name of entertainment.
It ran for three decades and 27 seasons before being taken off air in 2018. The short-lived courtroom show "Judge Jerry" followed a year later. In October 2022, Springer made one of his final television appearances on season eight of "The Masked Singer" in which he was unmasked as Beetle.
Speaking on David Yontef's "Behind the Velvet Rope" podcast in November, Springer reflected on the way in which he irreversibly changed the face of reality television.
Asked if he considers himself the "granddad of reality TV," Springer replied: "No, I just apologize. I'm so sorry. What have I done? I've ruined the culture."
On July 10, 2002, the sons of guest Nancy Campbell-Panitz – who was murdered by her ex-husband after they appeared on a May 2000 episode with his girlfriend – filed suit in Sarasota County against Springer, his producers, and his distributor, claiming he created "a mood that led to murder". Ultimately, the estate of Campbell-Panitz dropped all monetary claims against Jerry Springer and the show agreed to waive its claims for malicious prosecution against the personal representative of the estate of Campbell-Panitz and his counsel.
In 2005, a UK version of the show aired on Britain's ITV network titled The Springer Show. A subdued and more tongue-in-cheek version of the U.S. show, it beat its talk-show rival Trisha Goddard five to one in the ratings.
The VH1 "celebreality" series The Springer Hustle, which took a look at how Jerry Springer is produced, premiered in April 2007.
In April 2015, Springer debuted The Jerry Springer Podcast on his website, JerrySpringer.com. It is also broadcast in the UK on Talkradio, on Sundays at midnight. Springer is the second American talk show host to travel to Cuba, after Conan O'Brien, for The Jerry Springer Podcast.
On July 26, 2018, Jerry Springer aired its final episode in syndication after 27 seasons before it began airing reruns on The CW on September 10, 2018.
Springer debuted a new courtroom show, Judge Jerry, on September 9, 2019. The show gave him the opportunity to host a more "grown-up" program and to use his law school education. On March 9, 2022, the series was canceled after three seasons.
Springer hosted America's Got Talent on NBC for its second and third seasons, replacing Regis Philbin,[44] before leaving to concentrate on other projects.
From January 17, 2005, to December 5, 2006, Springer hosted Springer on the Radio, a liberal talk show on Cincinnati's WCKY-AM. He did the show from the Clear Channel studios in Kenwood on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and in Chicago (where his television show taped at the time) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Air America Radio syndicated the program for most of the show's run.
He hosted Miss World in 2000 and 2001 and the Miss Universe 2008. He was also the guest host for WWE Raw on February 15, 2010, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Springer has also hosted The Price Is Right Live!.
From 2010 to 2015, Springer hosted a dating game show called Baggage, which aired on GSN.
In July 2012, he hosted ''Price is Right Live!'' in Vancouver's Boulevard Casino. He hosted the show at Jack Cincinnati Casino in 2018.
From January 2014, Springer hosted Investigation Discovery series Tabloid.
He hosted The Adam Carolla Show on April 25, 2014, where he sat in for Adam Carolla.
Springer guest hosted the 22nd-season premiere episode of WWE Raw on September 8, 2014, in an attempt to conduct an intervention with The Bella Twins.
Springer hosted the show Jerry Springer Presents WWE Too Hot For TV on the WWE Network in 2015.
Springer appeared in an episode of Married... with Children as the host of a talk show called The Masculine Feminist, in which he advocated for women getting the men's bowling night and eventually taking over at a bowling alley. Al Bundy and his friends tie Springer to a chair and take over his show with a stripper who jumps up and down for the crowd's delight.
Springer starred in the 1998 film Ringmaster as a talk show host largely based on himself, though named "Jerry Farrelly". Ringmaster offers a behind-the-scenes look at would-be guests who apply to a Springer-like show. The same year, Springer also released an unrelated autobiography named Ringmaster. He quipped, "I can only think of one title a year."
In 2004, he played the US president in The Defender, directed by Dolph Lundgren.
He was in several episodes of George Lopez as Benny Lopez's ex-boyfriend Wayne and made a July 2007 guest appearance on Days of Our Lives as "Pete", a high roller in Las Vegas who helped Nick Fallon win $50,000. On October 19, 2007, Springer made a cameo appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien as a "random" audience member.
In June 2012, he appeared in Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre London as Billy Flynn for a short period of time, starring alongside Aoife Mulholland and Leigh Zimmerman.
He had a cameo appearance as himself in episode 2 of the Netflix show Happy!.
In 1996, he appeared on an episode of the ninth season of Roseanne and on The X-Files episode "The Post-Modern Prometheus". In 1998, he voiced a cartoon version of himself in the "Starship Poopers" segment of The Simpsons Halloween episode, Treehouse of Horror IX. That same year, he appeared as himself on an episode of The Wayans Bros.. In 1999, he appeared in the episode "Mrs. Kraft" of the third season of Sabrina the Teenage Witch with his talk show. That same year, he was in an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. He made a cameo appearance in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) as himself during an episode of his show featuring Dr. Evil and his estranged son Scott Evil. In 2001, he appeared as a claymation version of himself in an episode Gary & Mike with a parody of his talk show. In 2007, he appeared on episode No. 1301 of MADtv as himself.
Springer has been a guest in the following shows: the UK daytime programme The Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4 on November 12, 2007, Question Time on June 19, 2008, Saturday Kitchen on June 21, 2008, along with chef Theresa Griegson and Kristin Dawson, Verdict with Dan Abrams in June 2008, two appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? in 2003 (from the same taping), The Jason Ellis Show on June 20, 2008, Desert Island Discs on November 1, 2009, Hell's Kitchen on October 13, 2010, and Drop the Mic on April 15, 2018.
In 2009, he appeared as a guest on the British game show Countdown. Springer appeared on the Chris Moyles Show in April 2009, along with Davina McCall and Alan Carr. On May 31, 2009, Springer was a guest on The Andrew Marr Show talking about politics and his upcoming projects.
He was interviewed by satirist Chris Morris in his surreal radio series Blue Jam (Series 2, Episode 6). On January 23, 2004, Springer was featured in an episode of This American Life titled "Leaving the Fold".
In late 2006, Springer was a contestant on the third season of Dancing with the Stars, with his professional dance partner, Kym Johnson. He wanted to appear on the show so he could learn the waltz for the wedding of his daughter, Katie. Springer and Johnson were eliminated in the seventh week of competition.
Springer appeared in an episode of BBC One's television series Who Do You Think You Are? on August 27, 2008. In the episode he traveled to Poland, where he discovered that his maternal grandmother had been sent to Chełmno extermination camp by the Nazis and killed. His paternal grandmother died at Theresienstadt concentration camp in what is the Czech Republic. He wept openly when he learned of how they died.
Springer was a guest panellist on episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats in 2014, Through the Keyhole in 2015, and QI ("Noodles") in 2017.
In 2022, Springer competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Beetle". He was eliminated on "Muppet Night" alongside Kat Graham as "Robo-Girl".
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