Jerry Springer dead at 79
Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor whose namesake TV show unleashed chaos on weekday afternoons, has died.
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Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor whose namesake TV show unleashed chaos on weekday afternoons, has died.
Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died Thursday at 79.
Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional guests willing to bare all - sometimes literally - as they brawled and hurled obscenities before a raucous audience, died Thursday at 79.
Springer died peacefully at home in suburban Chicago after a brief illness, the statement said.
A family spokesperson said the 'Jerry Springer Show' host died peacefully Thursday at home in suburban Chicago after a brief illness.