DEATH JERRY SPRINGER. American television host Jerry Springer died on Thursday, April 27, 2023. He died of an illness at the age of 79.
He has graced the sets and hosted some of America’s top TV shows for over thirty years. Jerry Springer, presenter of “The Jerry Springer Show”, died on the morning of Thursday, April 27, according to several Anglo-Saxon media. If the man was used to “sensationalist” scenes on television, it was peacefully that he died at his home in Chicago after a “short illness”, according to the people site TMZ which quotes a family source . The magazine specifies that certain sources evoke a “cancer of the pancreas” diagnosed a few months ago and which would have “worsened” these last days.
Jerry Springer was a star on the small screen thanks to his eponymous show which aired from 1991 to 2018. On his talk show, slip-ups and fights were not uncommon and the most outrageous guests were welcome, as well as other personalities. The presenter and his guests debated many highly controversial social issues, commented on cases that broke up couples and families in front of the whole of America.
While “The Jerry Springer Show” talked a lot about politics and societal issues in its early years, the show had eventually taken a serious turn and dabbled in sensationalism with outrageous imagery and language. This editorial change had begun the decline in audiences for the hit talk show.