NEWS FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT
WORLD.
NBC NEWS LEARNED JERRY SPRINGER
DIED AT THE AGE OF 79.
SHAQUILLE BREWSTER JOINS US NOW
FROM CHICAGO WITH MORE
SHAQ
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, JOSE.
WELL, WE JUST LEARNED FROM HIS
PUBLICIST THAT JERRY SPINGER
DIED PEACEFULLY IN HIS HOME IN
SUBURBAN CHICAGO
HE WAS 79 YEARS OLD.
HE IS, OF COURSE, KNOWN FOR THE
JERRY SPRINGER SHOW, 27 YEARS ON
AIR, MORE THAN 4,000 EPISODES
THAT WERE FULL OF DRAMA, THE
CHAIR FLIPPING, THE INTENSE
FAMILY ARGUMENTS AND THAT CHANT
FROM THE CROWD BEARING HIS NAME.
BUT HE STARTED IN POLITICS AS
THE MAYOR OF CINCINNATI IN 1977,
HE RAN FOR CONGRESS AND THEN
LEFT POLITICS FOR TELEVISION
FROM BEING A POLITICAL REPORTER
AT OUR NBC AFFILIATE IN
CINCINNATI TO A NEWS ANCHOR AND
COMMENTATOR.
THE FAMILY STATEMENT, THEY SAY
JERRY’S ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH
PEOPLE WAS AT THE HEART OF HIS
SUCCESS IN EVERYTHING HE TRIED,
WHETHER THAT WAS POLITICS,
BROADCASTING, OR JUST JOKING
WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHO
WANTED A PHOTO OR A WORD
THEY WENT ON TO SAY HE’S
IRREPLACEABLE AND HIS LOSS HURTS
IMMENSELY, BUT MEMORIES OF HIS
INTELLECT, HEART AND HUMOR WILL
LIVE ON.
HIS FAMILY SAYING THAT FUNERAL
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE YET TO BE
MADE
THEY’RE STILL BEING DEVELOPED.
BUT THEY’RE ASKING ANY
SUPPORTERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE
THINKING ABOUT JERRY AND THE
FAMILY RIGHT NOW TO INSTEAD OF
SENDING FLOWERS TO EITHER SEND A
DONATION TO A WORTHY CHARITY OR
TO COMMIT TO AN ACT OF KINDNESS.