Jerry Springer, legendary talk show host, dead at 79

CINCINNATI —Jerry Springer, legendary talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 79.

According to a family spokesperson, Springer died peacefully Thursday at his home in suburban Chicago after a bout with pancreatic cancer.

Springer’s namesake TV show was a ratings powerhouse, but often a cultural pariah, knows for its chair-throwing and tabloid-style drama. “The Jerry Springer Show” ran for 27 years – with more than 4,000 episodes – before coming to an end in 2018.

But in Cincinnati, Springer was known equally for his political chops and his tenure on the WLWT anchor desk in the 1980s and early 1990s…