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The family announced Springer had died peacefully at home in Chicago on Thursday. They suggested fans could donate to charities, such as the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Jerry Springer became a journalist in 1991 after two failed bids for higher office. After training as a lawyer he made a foray into politics - but ultimately found his calling elsewhere.
Back in March, the television icon sat down for a interview with Genevieve Hassan for podcast Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did just weeks after celebrating his 79th birthday.
Jerry Springer, the one-time mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all, has died aged