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1944 – 2023Jerry SpringerAmerican TV Host & PoliticianBritish-born American television host, lawyer and politician. Born in a London Underground station during the Blitz, he emigrated to the United States as a child. He served as Mayor of Cincinnati before becoming host of The Jerry Springer Show, a ratings phenomenon that ran for 27 years and became a defining artefact of 1990s American pop culture.
2023Jerry Springer dies in ChicagoDied peacefully at his home in suburban Chicago at the age of 79, after a brief illness. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer.