Jerry Springer: Era-defining TV host dies aged 79

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The TV presenter was born in Highgate tube station in London in 1944, during World War Two.

Chat show host Jerry Springer tells Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman that chat shows are not exploiting the poorJerry Springer, the TV presenter best known for his raucous talk shows, has died aged 79.

Springer's chat show became a symbol of low-brow television over the course of almost 5,000 episodes with its chaotic confrontation, swearing and infidelity revelations.writing: "Just waking to the very sad news of the passing of my longtime talk show rival and friend Jerry Springer. A lovely man. May he rest in peace."as a "TV icon and such an intelligent, warm, funny man".

"If all shows were like mine, that would be wrong. But you can't just have television that is like Friends, Seinfeld, all these wealthy people, good looking people and you love it," he added. On his Twitter profile, Springer jokingly declared himself as "talk show host, ringmaster of civilisation's end".

It won four Olivier awards including best new musical. In January 2005, its UK television broadcast on BBC Two attracted 55,000 complaints.

 

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