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Jerry Springer kept his aggressive cancer a family secret in his final months

Syndicated talk-show host Jerry Springer died Thursday of pancreatic cancer, according to his longtime friend and family spokesman. “While the family knew the diagnosis, he preferred the larger public not know until his passing,” Jene Galvin, Springer’s friend since 1970, said Friday in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. “The Jerry Springer Show” host, who was 79, died at his home in the ...
Television talk show host Jerry Springer poses in the press room during the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on June 15, 2007, in Hollywood, California.

Syndicated talk-show host Jerry Springer died Thursday of pancreatic cancer, according to his longtime friend and family spokesman.

“While the family knew the diagnosis, he preferred the larger public not know until his passing,” Jene Galvin, Springer’s friend since 1970, said Friday in a statement to the Los Angeles Times.

“The Jerry Springer Show” host, who was 79, died

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