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A hospital spokesperson said the injured were arriving “in anything and everything — cars, ambulances and trucks. They brought bodies in on table tops, doors and boards. The emergency room was packed.”
On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000.
At noon at Memorial Hall, entertainers, politicians, Springer's news colleagues and other high-profile guests will gather with fans to remember the Cincinnati legend.
A memorial for former Cincinnati mayor Jerry Springer will be held in Cincinnati in June, according to Jene Galvin, Springer's longtime friend and family's spokesperson.
Springer grew up in New York and moved to Cincinnati in 1968 to work in a law firm after graduating from Northwestern University law school.