TV Host Jerry Springer Passes Away at 79.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NBC News
Jerry Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati and longtime TV personality known for pioneering confrontational daytime television, has died at the age of 79. His show, "The Jerry Springer Show," ran from 1991 to 2018 and was known for its profanity-prone guests and on-set security guards restraining audience members as they cheered. Springer had no regrets for the high-energy, low-brow material he aired on afternoon TV, and his name became synonymous with anything outrageous or ridiculous on TV. The cause of his death has not been disclosed.