• Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and talk show host, has died at 79 per a report from WLWT.
• A family spokesperson says Jerry was battling a “brief illness.” Our sources tell us it was pancreatic cancer, and he was diagnosed a few months ago, and this week he took a turn for the worse.
• The spokesperson says he died Thursday morning, peacefully at his home in the Chicago area.

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