How old is Jerry Springer today? How old was Jerry Springer when he died?

Controversial politician, lawyer, broadcaster, journalist, actor and producer Jerry Springer has died. Springer passed away peacefully on Thursday at his Chicago residence. Springer was born on February 13, 1944 and passed away on April 27, 2023. He was 79 years.

Springer entered the political arena as an aide in Robert F. Kennedy’s ill-fated 1968 presidential campaign.

Springer, who at the time, was working for a Cincinnati law firm, ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1970 before being elected to city council in 1971.

Springer started out his television career as a reporter for a local TV station and eventually advanced to anchor.

When The Jerry Springer Show first debuted in 1991, it was just a regular discussion program hosted by the then-polite Springer that focused on social concerns and US politics.

But in an effort to boost ratings, Springer switched things up dramatically after a few years, focusing on salacious and outrageous content.

Springer repeatedly defended his show, which ran for almost 5,000 episodes, against accusations it was too low-brow.

Springer referred to the show as an “escapist entertainment” but critic viewed the show as contributing to a dumbing-down of television and a decline in social values.

From 2007 to 2008, Springer hosted America’s Got Talent, and in recent years he fronted the courtroom show Judge Jerry.