Jerry Springer, 1944-2023
Lived at: Belvedere Court, Lyttleton Road
Profession: American Television Presenter
Professional Work:
Qualified as a lawyer and first became actively involved in politics working for the campaign of Robert Kennedy, 1968
Served as the 56th Mayor of Cincinnati, 1977-78
Won ten regional Emmy awards for commentary as a local news anchor in Cincinnati
Best known for hosting the tabloid talk show Jerry Springer from 1991-2018
Off television, he hosted The Jerry Springer Podcast from 2015 to 2022
Noted as a pioneer in the emergence of ‘trash TV’; his eponymous show was considered to be “a commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon” in the 1990s
