TV personality Jerry Springer was born in London but moved with the family as a child to the United States. He graduated in both political science and law, and spent a long time pursuing a political career before becoming known as the host of "The Jerry Springer Show".
The breakthrough came in 1991 with the talk show that was broadcast for 27 years with great success. The program did not shy away from touching on sensitive topics and there was a frequent fight between the guests. The program often became about broken family relationships, and Jerry Springer himself was often cheered on by the audience who cheered "Jerry Jerry Jerry".
In retrospect, Jerry Springer has reflected on the program's impact on the television climate at large, and apologized for the development that his program set the direction for.
"The Jerry Springer Show" was canceled in 2018, after which he aired a few seasons of his new program "Judge Jerry". The last appearance on television was in 2022 on the entertainment program "Masked singer".
According to TMZ, Jerry Springer was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago, and died of the effects of the disease at his home on Thursday morning.
Jerry Springer was 79.