BREAKING: Jerry Springer Dead

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Jerry Springer Dead

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Jerry Springer poses on the press line at a party celebrating the 100th episode of Dancing with the Stars in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

Jerry Springer, icon of American television, died on Thursday at the age of 79, according to reports.
Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor who hosted The Jerry Springer Show for nearly three decades, died at his home near Chicago after a brief battle with cancer, TMZ reported.

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