Jerry Springer has died at the age of 79, his family confirmed on Thursday, 27 April.<br /><br />Born in Highgate underground station when it was used as a bomb shelter during World War Two, the talk show host spent the first five years of his life living in London.<br /><br />Springer began his career in politics, first becoming a political campaign adviser to Robert F. Kennedy, before running for Congress, and then serving two terms as the mayor of Cincinnati city.<br /><br />He was most famous for his raucous talk show The Jerry Springer Show, which ran for 27 series with almost 5,000 episodes.
