Jerry Springer

Also known as Gerald Norman Springer

American television personality and politician (1944–2023)

Person · Open Library

Works: 5

Top works

... Like No One's Watching
Legendary Locals of Forest Hills and Rego Park
Breaking Local News
J. Springer's Wildest Shows Hb Special
Ringmaster!

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Film & TV

Acting · Highgate, London, England, UK

Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 - April 27, 2023) was an English-American television presenter, politician, news presenter, actor, producer, musician, and former lawyer. He hosted The Jerry Springer Show, a tabloid talk show, between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015.

Known for

Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action — Self (archive footage)2025
Hollywood Demons — Self (archive footage)2025
The Accidental President — Self2020
The El Duce Tapes — Self2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self2019
The Masked Singer — Beetle2019
The Masked Singer — Beetle (archive footage)2019
Judge Jerry — Self - Judge2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
Explained — Narrator (voice)2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1944
Active to: 2023

Discography

Dr. Talk1995

Official site Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 817
Total plays: 3,850

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,086x
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,740x
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,180x
Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria
· 2011 · cited 7,669x
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,787x

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Quotes

“Good luck to all of our guests, hope you can find some happiness in your future endeavours..., ...until next time, take care of yourself and each other.”
“...yes, because back in my day, Abraham Lincoln was president and sex was just being invented. [A sarcastic response to a guest in an episode seen c. 2009”
“The GNP by itself is no mark of our national achievement. For it includes smokestacks that pollute, drugs that destroy, and ambulances which clear our highways of human wreckage. It includes a mugger's knife, a rioter's bomb, and Oswald's rifle, but if the GNP tells us all this, there is much that it does not tell us. It says nothing about the health of our families, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play.”
“My campaign is based upon the proposition that the answers to the problems which currently plague our cities, our towns, and our homes, are not to be found in the decisions in Washington. They are instead to be found in the hearts, minds and resources of our own people here at home.”
“I still do politics but I do it behind the scenes now. So that's still my passion. It's what I believe most strongly in, and I love that. Do I miss being in elective politics? Sometimes. This show is fun to do, my American show, and it's obviously silly, sometimes stupid. It gives me a good living and I enjoy it but I'm not passionate about it like I am about politics.”
“Hi, do you me? My face is seen around Cincinnati constantly. But when I travel, say across state lines people don’t know me, Jerry Springer, from Jerry Ford. That’s way I carry this, the American Express Card. It’s the card that good at thousands of clubs and motels across the river. I can even get hassle free check approval. For quick and enjoyable entertainment it can’t be beat, just like me.”

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Key facts

Born: Gerald Norman Springer , ( 1944-02-13 ) February 13, 1944, London , England
Died: April 27, 2023 (2023-04-27) (aged 79), Evanston, Illinois , US
Resting place: Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Illinois , US
Citizenship: UK (by birthplace) US (naturalized)
Education: Tulane University ( BA ) Northwestern University ( JD )
Occupations: Broadcaster journalist actor lawyer politician
Years active: 1968–2022
Television: Jerry Springer (1991–2018) Judge Jerry (2019–2022)
Political party: Democratic
Spouse: Micki Velton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 )
Preceded by: Jim Luken
Succeeded by: Bobbie L. Sterne
Website: jerryspringer .com

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Wikidata facts

Official website: jerryspringer.com
Image: Jerry Springer at Emory (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Jerry Springer
date of birth: 1944-02-13
social media followers: 89881
date of death: 2023-04-27
name in native language: Jerry Springer
birth name: Gerald Norman Springer

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Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023) was a British-American broadcaster, journalist, actor, lawyer, and politician. He was best known for hosting the controversial tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show from 1991 to 2018. Springer was noted as a pioneer in the emergence of "trash TV"; his eponymous show was a "commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon" in the 1990s.

Born in London during World War II to Jewish refugees escaping the Holocaust, Springer was raised in Queens, New York City. He attended Northwestern University School of Law, qualified as a lawyer, and first became actively involved in politics working for the campaign of Robert Kennedy in 1968. A Cincinnati City Council member, Springer served as the 56th Mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978. He then worked as a local news anchor in Cincinnati where he won ten Regional Emmy Awards for commentary.