Historical Figure
Jerry Springer
1944–2023
American TV personality and politician (1944–2023)
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Birth
1944 February 13, 1944 →Biography
Gerald Norman Springer was a British and American broadcaster, journalist, actor, lawyer, and politician. He was best known for hosting the controversial tabloid talk show Jerry Springer from 1991 to 2018. Springer was noted as a pioneer in the emergence of "trash TV"; his eponymous show was a "commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon" in the 1990s.
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English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
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