Jerry Springer, the era-defining talk show host, has died aged 79 at his home outside Chicago on Thursday after a "brief illness", according to his family.
The talk show host was best known for The Jerry Springer Show which ran for 27 years and was famous for its wild crowd and fights between guests.
In 2018, the long-running chat show was cancelled after a total of 4,000 episodes and was first broadcast in 1991.
