Jerry Springer
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Springer in 2011 at the book launch party for Michael Musto's Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back
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| 56th Mayor of Cincinnati | |
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In office January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Luken |
| Succeeded by | Bobbie L. Sterne |
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Gerald Norman Springer February 13, 1944 Highgate tube station London, England, U.K. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Micki Velton (m. 1973) |
| Children | 1 |
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Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Tulane University (BA) Northwestern University (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Former politician, former news anchor, Former game show host, talk show host |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Website | jerryspringer.com |
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an American television presenter. He is a former lawyer, Democratic mayor of Cincinnati,news presenter, actor, and musician. He has hosted the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015.
Springer was born in Highgate tube station in London, England, while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II, and grew up on Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parents, Margot (née Kallmann; a bank clerk) and Richard Springer (owner of a shoe shop), were Jewish refugees who escaped from Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland). His maternal grandmother Marie Kallmann, who was left behind, died in the gas trucks of Chelmno extermination camp (Poland). His paternal grandmother, Selma Springer (née Elkeles), died at the hospital in the Theresienstadt concentration camp (Czech Republic). Selma Springer's brother, Dr. Hermann Elkeles, was a renowned Berlin doctor who also died at Theresienstadt concentration camp.
In January 1949, Springer immigrated with his parents to the United States, settling in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, and attended Forest Hills High School. One of his earliest memories about current events was when he was 12 and watching the 1956 Democratic convention on television where he saw and was impressed by John F. Kennedy.
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