Jerry Springer

Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British-born American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991. He is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, a former news anchor and a musician. 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, Margo (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, along with virtually every other Jew in the Neumark. His paternal grandmother, Selma Springer, died at the…

Also Known As: Gerald Norman Springer