| LC control no. | n 98083113 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Springer, Jerry, 1944-2023 |
| Variant(s) | Springer, Jerry, 1944 Springer, Gerald, 1944-2023 |
| Other standard no. | Q27214 0000000032544388 11625855 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Cincinnati (Ohio) |
| Birth date | 1944-02-13 |
| Death date | 2023-04-27 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Evanston (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Television talk shows Politics Law Acting Journalism |
| Affiliation | Jerry Springer show Cincinnati (Ohio). Office of the Mayor |
| Profession or occupation | Television talk show hosts Politicians Mayors Lawyers Actors Journalists Television news anchors |
| Found in | Ringmaster! 1998: CIP t.p. (Jerry Springer) galley (Gerald Springer, born February 13, 1944; TV talk show host, former news anchor, former mayor of Cincinnati) Obituary, New York Times, viewed April 27, 2023 (died on Thursday in Chicago at age 79 after a brief illness) Wikipedia website, viewed May 3, 2023: Jerry Springer page (Gerald Norman Springer, born February 13, 1944; died April 27, 2023; he was an American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, lawyer, and politician; born in London during World War II to refugees escaping the Holocaust, Springer was raised in Queens, New York City; he attended Northwestern University School of Law, qualified as a lawyer, and first became actively involved in politics working for the campaign of Robert Kennedy in 1968; a Cincinnati City Council member, Springer served as the 56th Mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978; he then worked as a local news anchor in Cincinnati where he won several Regional Emmy Awards for commentary; Springer was best known for hosting the sometimes controversial tabloid talk show Jerry Springer from 1991 to 2018; he was noted as a pioneer in the emergence of trash TV; his eponymous show was a commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon in the 1990s; he died at his home in Evanston, Illinois) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer> |
| Associated language | eng |
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