Longtime US talk show host Jerry Springer, whose programme became a symbol of lowbrow television with its on-air fights, swearing and infidelity revelations, has died at the age of 79, US media reported Thursday (April 27). – Photo: AFP
Longtime US talk show host Jerry Springer, whose programme became a symbol of lowbrow television with its on-air fights, swearing and infidelity revelations, has died at the age of 79, US media reported Thursday (April 27).
Springer, whose show became an international hit that ran for 27 years, died peacefully at his home in Chicago after "a brief illness," TMZ cited a family spokesman as saying.
