Jerry Springer passed away on Thursday in a suburb of Chicago. After a somewhat bizarre political career, he transitioned to an almost indescribably bizarre broadcasting career with “The Jerry Springer Show,” which by the mid-1990s was setting a new standard for tawdry on American television, transforming the talk-show format into an arena for shocking confessions, … Continue reading The raucous talk show host Jerry Springer passed away at the age of 79.