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Legendary talk show host Jerry Springer has died aged 79, according to his family. A statement from his family confirmed that he passed away 'peacefully' at his home in Chicago. They said that he had been diagnosed with cancer a few months ago, with his health taking a turn for the worse this week according to TMZ.

Legendary talk show host Jerry Springer said on Thursday that the argumentative and out-of-control guests who appeared on his long-running show closely resemble former President Donald Trump, Newsweek reported. Speaking on SiriusXM's "The Dean Obeidallah Show," Springer argued that "there's no question" the infamous bickering and cursing of guests on the famed "The Jerry Springer Show" led to Trump's election.

An angry mob trapped a Fox News correspondent in his vehicle outside of the CHOP zone in Seattle after a Black Lives Matter member claimed she was shoved by the reporter, DailyMail.com can disclose. River, a BLM protester at CHOP, claimed to DailyMail.com that Springer had pushed a woman at the event, telling her to get back, prompting the woman to throw her coffee at him. Springer then retreated into an SUV with private armed security guards protecting the car, as a group of 50 barricaded the vehicle and demanded ...

On Friday, Jerry Springer — who made millions capitalizing on fights between family members on his decades-long NBC show after a scandal-plagued political career — blamed President Donald Trump for America's declining civility. "We can’t function as a society unless we have norms of how to behave," Springer told MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle. He insisted that when political leaders "misbehave, when they say the norms don’t matter, when they say, 'You can use whatever language you want, anything you can get away with, get away with it. If you don’t pay taxes, you’re smart.' ... When they have this behavior,...

Jerry Springer hopped on Twitter Friday and said President Donald Trump’s recent tweets in which he blasted MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were “beneath the dignity of the Presidency” and of “any decent man.”

Influential Ohio Democrats are pushing former Cincinnati mayor and daytime-TV host Jerry Springer to run for Ohio governor in 2018, more than half a dozen Democrats familiar with the race told Business Insider. Many said Springer, who sought the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio in 1982 and remains active in state politics, could be a good fit for the current political climate.

From the top of a mountain in Maine, he swigged champagne and recounted the historic trek. By noon Sunday, 50 people had reached the summit of Mount Katahdin. They hiked a trail through the woods, up boulders, and across a windy ridge to camp out on jagged rocks overlooking the lake-dotted Baxter State Park in central Maine. They waited to see ultramarathoning history. They all had the same question. Where is Scott Jurek? At 2:03 p.m. ET, they got their answer. He was clutching a faded wooden sign, his cheek brushing the engraved letters that read, “KATAHDIN, Northern Terminus of...

While here in NY at the auto show, I was strolling to my hotel after a visit to a local market. And there in front of a playhouse was Jerry Springer doing a promo for the play. He was telling the story of how he never thought he'd do a play and, had his mom lived long enough to see it, it would have been her proudest moment. He was glad she never saw his TV show. After the promo, a certain FReeper walked up to him and told him he would be a better president than Obama. He...

An iPhone app that tracks down the Taliban has been developed by a US soldier who put $26,000 of his own money into the project. The idea for a smartphone application to assist soldiers in combat came to Captain Jonathan J. Springer in a dream last July. The 31-year-old, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, has worked with programmers ever since to make the idea a reality. Tactical Nav, which is expected to be available through Apple’s App Store next month, assists soldiers in mapping, plotting and photographing waypoints on a battleground and conveying coordinates to supporting units.

Jerry Springer knows plenty about arguments and fights: He's presided over the raucous and controversial "Jerry Springer Show" since 1991. And he knows a thing or two about politics, as well, having once served as the mayor of Cincinnati. He took his experience in both areas to Sean Hannity's program Thursday night, and the two duked it out over Barack Obama's presidency. "I think Barack Obama has done a good job as president," Springer said. "In fact, I'd say even better than good. Do I agree with every single thing he's done? No. Is America perfect yet? Of course not....

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Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is furious about being compared to Putin by the Polish edition of Newsweek, published by Germany's Axel Springer. He's calling for "limits" to be set on German influence in Polish media. The German publisher Axel Springer has made plenty of enemies in its 60-year history. Generally, though, the right-leaning publisher has to fight off attacks from the left. But this time it has managed to offend one of Europe's most prominent right-wing politicians, Polish Primer Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Kaczynski is annoyed about the current Polish edition of Newsweek, which is published by Alex Springer under...

administrators withdrew the invitation Wednesday, saying that Springer, whose TV guests include unfaithful lovers and brawling friends, was not an appropriate role model for students.

I just heard on Fridays Springer Show that he endorses a national sales tax " as long as it is graduated and the first 20K of purchases if free". Please confirm!

A woman got a 30-day jail sentence for leaving her three young children home alone for several hours while she and her boyfriend attended a videotaping of "The Jerry Springer Show." Shannon Cook, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this week to misdemeanor child endangerment. She also was placed on probation for a year. The two girls and one boy, all under the age of 4, have been placed in foster homes... Police said Cook left the children alone at a suburban home Oct. 19 while she and her boyfriend went to Chicago for the taping. About five hours later, the two...

The tickets were free, but a Westmont woman is paying a steep price -- 30 days in jail -- for attending a taping of "The Jerry Springer Show'' last fall. Shannon N. Cook was sentenced to the jail term because she left her three young children home alone for hours last October while she watched the show being taped in Chicago. The youngsters, all younger than 5, were found unattended Oct. 19 after the two oldest left their apartment and began knocking on a neighbor's door, authorities said. The neighbor called police, who were stunned to see such young children...

I guess this should be filed in the "Washington Politics" thread ... I'm an African American registered Democrat. I don't mind giving conservative Republicans hell when they deserve it. But unlike many conservative, I don't mind speaking out against my Party when I think they are wrong and encouraging them to do the right thing. Anyway, white liberals are having fits about the article posted below, which was written by me and published on my blog, in Black newspapers across the country, and at the liberal Daily Kos blog. I'm posting the article here because I'd like to have some...

Jerry Springer joins Air America If ever there was a match made in Leftwing liberal hell this is it. Mediaweek Jerry Springer has signed on to become a part of the Air America Radio lineup, the liberal network announced Wednesday. Beginning April 1, Springer on the Radio will air 9 a.m. to noon, replacing Unfiltered, formerly co-hosted by Lizz Winstead, who mysteriously exited the network last month.... His first Air America Season will include "She loves me and him and her and liberals too" (parental discretion is advised) "When PETA attacks" "Bring the violence" "When Feminist Attack" "Women in mullets"...

CINCINNATI -- Jerry Springer's new radio talk show doesn't have guests who get in fist fights or blurt foul language. Springer promised to provide unabashed liberal views to counter the positions of President Bush in the first airing Monday of his radio show in Cincinnati, where he once served as mayor. Springer, who will continue to host his more raucous TV show, called the war in Iraq immoral, . . .

Ohio Democrats Pick Jerry Springer as Delegate for Convention The Associated Press Published: May 15, 2004 CINCINNATI (AP) - Ohio Democrats have chosen talk-show host Jerry Springer to be an at-large delegate for the Democratic National Convention in Boston. "He's made 50 appearances at Democratic events this year. He's been an outspoken advocate for the party," said Dan Trevas, spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party. Springer, who was the mayor of Cincinnati before hosting the raunchy "The Jerry Springer Show," was named Democrat of the Year by the state party last weekend. He was named Friday as one of 159...