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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Amy Denman

Jerry Springer was born in London tube station after his family fled Nazi Germany

Jerry Springer, who has died at the age of 79, was famed across the world for his iconic US talkshow which ran for 27 years.

While the TV star reached worldwide fame as an American TV star, Jerry was actually born in London in 1944.

Jerry was born as Gerald Norman Springer in Highgate tube station on February 13, 1944 as the underground station was being used as a bomb shelter during the Second World War.

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