How did Jerry Springer die?

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The Jerry Springer Show.The series is a pioneer of the “tabloid talk show”, a subgenre which shot to popularity in the 1990s.

Springer hosted the show from 1991 to 2018, before he went onto host projects like Judge Jerry and The Jerry Springer Podcast.The Jerry Springer Show is the subject of Netflix documentary Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, which covers various scandals surrounding the series both on and off screen.

The two-part documentary debuted in January 2025.One year after he retired from television, Jerry Springer died from pancreatic cancer on April 27, 2023 at the age of 79.

He died at his home in Chicago, in what was described as “a brief illness” by his family at the time.Jene Galvin, a longtime friend and spokesperson for the family, said: “Jerry’s ability to connect with people was at the heart of his success in everything he tried, whether that was politics, broadcasting or just joking with people on the street who wanted a photo or a word.“He’s irreplaceable and his loss hurts immensely, but memories of his intellect, heart and humour will live on.”According to a report on TMZ, Springer and his family kept his cancer diagnosis private from the public so his health struggle “wouldn’t become a burden” to others.Speaking to People, his longtime friend Rabbi Sandford Kopnick said: “He hasn’t been sick for a long time.