Very sad news to report…
Daytime LEGEND, Jerry Springer has passed away at 79!
Jerry Springer, best known as the host of a chaotic and long-running syndicated talk show has died, his family confirmed. He was 79.
A statement said Springer, who is from Cincinnati, where he began his talk show and once served as mayor, died peacefully Thursday after a brief illness at his home in suburban Chicago.
After Jerry Springer‘s family shared that the daytime host had died early Thursday following a “brief illness,” PEOPLE has confirmed that Springer’s death was the result of cancer.
Family spokesperson and longtime friend Jean Galvin also told NBC News he died from pancreatic cancer.
Springer’s longtime friend and religious leader, Rabbi Sandford Kopnick of The Valley Temple in Cincinnati, told PEOPLE that the Jerry Springer Show host’s “illness was sudden.”
“He hasn’t been sick for a long time,” Rabbi Kopnick shared of Springer, 79, whom he visited just last week. “He died of cancer, and he didn’t have cancer for very long.”
“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,” Jene Galvin, a lifelong friend and spokesman for the family said. “He’s irreplaceable and his loss hurts immensely, but memories of his intellect, heart and humor will live on.”
In addition to hosting the tabloid show for 27 seasons, from 1991-2018, Springer was the 56th mayor of Cincinnati from 1977-78.
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