Rest in peace, you crazy, amazing man…
Longtime TV personality Jerry Springer, who helped pioneer the high-energy, often-profane genre of confrontational daytime television, died Thursday after a bout with cancer, his representatives said.
He was 79.
The former mayor of Cincinnati, Springer died in suburban Chicago, publicist Linda Shafran told NBC News. He died from pancreatic cancer, family spokesperson and longtime friend Jean Galvin added.