Jerry Springer, a prominent US talk show presenter, passes away at age 79.

Former Cincinnati mayor and talk show host Jerry Springer passed away. His work had a significant impact on daytime TV all around the world. He was 79.

Springer passed away “peacefully” on Thursday at his Chicago home, according to his family.

The family released a statement in which they said: “Jerry’s capacity for human connection was at the core of his success in everything he undertook, whether it was politics, television, or just cracking jokes with passersby who wanted a picture or a word.

He is irreplaceable, and his passing hurts deeply, but his mind, heart, and humour will live on in our memories.

The 27-year, over 4,000-episode run of his namesake talk show, which featured guests who allegedly participated in contentious, inappropriate, and frequently blatantly sexual behaviour, is what made Jerry Springer most famous.

I Slept with 251 Men in 10 Hours!, I’m a Breeder for the Klan, and I Married a Horse were just a few of the episode titles that seemed like they were lifted straight from tabloid headlines.

While Jerry Springer read paternity test results live on TV, viewers frequently got into chair-wielding fights or became anxious.

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The programme frequently attracted unfavourable press. In Florida, a 15-year-old kid accused of sexually assaulting his half-sister, who was 8 years old, claimed authorities that Springer taught him what incest was. Within hours after the episode’s airing, the subject of the section Secret Mistresses Confronted was discovered dead.

Despite everything, the programme momentarily had higher ratings than Oprah Winfrey’s more popular daytime programme in 1998, seven years into its tenure.

With Ringmaster, a 1998 Hollywood comedy partially based on Jerry Springer life, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, a 1999 appearance, which came the same year he secured a $30 million deal, it propelled Jerry Springer to prominence. Jerry Springer: the Opera, a musical that had more than 600 performances in London between 2003 and 2005, was also inspired by the programme.

The writer and Twitter personality Yashar Ali said on Thursday that Springer’s show’s weekday afternoon schedule at its peak popularity contributed to its ability to leave a lasting effect on American millennials.

Ali stated on Twitter that Jerry Springer “wasn’t just a host.” He also watched the children of a lot of millennials who were out from school due to illness.

A well-known YouTuber named KSI posted: “RIP Jerry Springer. You really brightened up my boring school days.”

Years after the audience of the show started to decline, it was removed from the air in 2018. After hosting a courtroom programme for a while, it was cancelled after three seasons. He presided over America’s Got Talent in 2007 and 2008.

Some claim that Real Housewives and 90-Day Fiance, two critically derided ratings magnets, were inspired by his success.

Springer expressed his “so sorry” for the cultural influence his programme had around the turn of the century in November of last year.

I really want to apologise,” he said to Behind the Velvet Rope podcast host David Yontef. What did I just do? I’ve damaged culture. I simply pray that it’s not too hot in hell since I burn quite easily. I have a pretty slim build.

He would, however, become indignant when his work was disparaged as “trash”.

It’s essentially elitist, according to Springer. You have all these famous people appearing on other shows to… We can’t afford to buy enough tickets to their concerts while they go on about who they slept with, what drugs they used, and other inappropriate behaviour. We keep buying their records nonstop. We visit their movie theatres. We purchase their books.

“We believe they resemble gods.”

After his family left Nazi Germany, Gerald Norman Springer was born in London during the Second World War. When his family relocated to New York, he was four years old.

Jerry Springer

He graduated with a bachelor’s in political science from New Orleans’ Tulane University in 1965. Three years later, he graduated from Northwestern University in Illinois with a law degree, and before being chosen to serve on the Cincinnati city council in 1971, he provided counsel to Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.

He resigned from his position in 1974 after confessing to seeking out a sex worker. Jerry Springer , who identified as a liberal, was chosen to serve as Cincinnati’s mayor for a year starting in 1977 after successfully running for re-election to the council and apologising and addressing the controversy in his advertising.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Springer said of his appointment as mayor: “When I think of being flat on my back three years ago, having this happen is almost unbelievable. It seems to be a double entendre referencing both his sex worker solicitation and his demoralising resignation. The happiest I’ve ever felt in my political career is right now.

Springer made an unsuccessful bid for governor of Ohio in 1982. He stated: “Nine years ago, I spent time with a woman I shouldn’t have in one of his campaign commercials. And I gave her a cheque as payment. I regret having done it. And I really wish nobody ever found out. However, in the competitive world of politics, rivals are not about to put personal scandals to rest.

The following governor will need to confront some difficult facts and take on some significant risks. I’m ready to carry out that. This advertisement ought to serve as evidence. Even the hurt of the truth doesn’t frighten me.

David Axelrod, a political pundit, said on Thursday that during Springer’s political career, he was “funny, self-effacing, and incisive” in a tweet.

According to Henry Gomez of NBC News, Jerry Springer was the Democratic party’s greatest chance to win statewide office in conservative Ohio as late as the early 2000s.

The foundation for Jerry Springer talk show career was laid when he quit politics to work as a news anchor and analyst for Cincinnati television station WLWT.

Plans for a memorial gathering and burial ceremonies are still being developed, according to WLWT on Thursday. His family requested people to think about paying tribute to him by giving to “a worthy advocacy organisation” or just being kind to others.

Take care of yourself – and each other, he always stated [at the conclusion of his broadcasts],” WLWT continued.

According to Springer’s relatives, pancreatic cancer caused his death.