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Jerry Springer Already Revealed What he Wanted on his Tombstone

An absolutely iconic TV host has tragically died aged 79.

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The news of his passing has left fans shocked…

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With many leaving tributes online…

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“So sad to hear this. He came on my show shortly after we launched and told the best stories about his fascinating life and his deep love for America,” Megyn Kelly wrote on Twitter.

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“RIP Jerry Springer.”

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“Jeez this sucks. RIP Jerry Springer, 79. TV icon and such an intelligent, warm, funny man,” Piers Morgan echoed.

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“Loved working with him on America’s Got Talent, loved hanging out with him (we lived in the same hotel for two years), loved arguing with him (he loved his politics), loved everything about him. Gutting.”

Loni Love shared a sweet image of the pair.

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“What I loved about Jerry Springer was the way he connected with people in a unique and authentic manner. This is why as a talk show host he excelled… condolences to his family and fans on his passing..”

Whoopi Goldberg spoke out on The View.

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“I’m not afraid to say it,” she said. “He was a great guy and he was really fun and that show is as crazy as it gets, but there’s a place for everyone here.”

“He walked so reality TV could run,” wrote Phaedra Parks.

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She also called him a trailblazer and an icon.

“I am shocked and saddened by Jerry’s passing,” Maury Povitch told TMZ.

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“He was a friend and colleague. He was in his own way a unique showman. I will miss him.”

Ricki Lake called him “a mensch and a friend.”

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“I always loved his final thought at the end of his crazy show. My favorite memory of him was when he and I battled it out on Rap Battle. He was hilarious and he beat my a**. Jerry Springer will be missed.”

Sally Jessy Raphael agreed.

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 “I’m extremely sad at the news of Jerry Springer’s passing. He was a bright, funny man whom I considered to be a friend. He will be missed.”

Soon after, his cause of death was revealed.

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And it broke hearts everywhere…

But that’s not all.

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His final Tweet is making the internet feel emotional.

Plus, his final video has now surfaced.

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And the contents are heartbreaking.

Springer’s co-host Steve Wilkos also opened up about the last time he saw the star.

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Saying he didn’t even know Springer was ill.

Springer had rather a controversial career.

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With certain critics objecting to his landmark talk show.

One criticism was louder than the rest.

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That the guests on his show were fake.

A clip of Springer addressing this criticism then surfaced.

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Shocking the internet.

And now, there’s been another revelation.

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That Springer has already prepared for what he wanted on his gravestone …

Over the past few years, we have lost a lot of memorable celebrities.

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Whether that’s musicians, actors, or artists, there have been many notable losses of people that have touched our lives in some way or another. And we’d like to take some time to remember them for their talents…

Who better to start the tributes of our most loved celebrities than James Caan.

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Caan most notably played the role of Santino “Sonny” Corleone in the hit movie The Godfather, which earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in Misery and Elf which just proves what great range he had. He passed away on July 6, aged eighty-two.

Tony Sirico…

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Sharing Caan’s love of gangsta roles, Sirico, who started out on the big screen in 1974, appeared in Goodfellas as Tony Stacks. He also famously played the character Paulie Walnuts in The Sopranos. He died on July 8 aged seventy-nine.

Ray Liotta…

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We have sadly lost another star from Goodfellas this year, Liotta played the mobster Henry Hill and most recently appeared in Shades of Blue, with Jennifer Lopez. He died on May 26, aged sixty-seven.

Mary Mara…

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Mara was a TV and theatre actor. Police believe she drowned while swimming in the St. Lawrence River. She was sixty-one.

Margaret Keane…

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Keane was a famous painter, who only received acclaim for her work twenty years after her husband rose to fame for passing her work off as his own. He was eventually found out. She continued to paint until her death at the age of ninety-four.

Naomi Judd…

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Judd was a well-known country singer who performed with her daughter in the band Judds, together the pair won 5 Grammy Awards and even made it into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She died on April 30, aged seventy-six.

Robert Morse…

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Morse started out on Broadway way back in 1955, which catapulted his career in showbiz, later on in his career he took to acting on TV and won many accolades for his performances. His most notable TV performance was as Bertram Cooper in Mad Men. He died on April 20, aged ninety.

Gilbert Gottfried…

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We all know Gottfried as the incredible comedian with the iconic shrill voice. He notably appeared on Saturday Night Live, and also played the parrot Iago in Disney’s Aladdin. Sadly, he died on April 12, aged sixty-seven.

Estelle Harris…

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Harris was most well known for her role as Estelle Costanza on the sitcom Seinfeld. She also took on voice work for Mrs. Potato Head in the animated movie Toy Story. She died on April 3, aged ninety-three.

Tom Parker…

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Parker was a singer from the popular British boyband The Wanted. Sadly, in 2020, he was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. He died on March 30, aged just thirty-three.

Taylor Hawkins…

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Hawkins was famously known for being the drummer for Foo Fighters, he played with the band for twenty-five years, and gained a lot of fans in the process. He died on March 25, aged fifty.

Scott Hall…

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Hall, known as Razor Ramon, was a pro wrestler who founded the New World Order, with Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash. He died on March 14 shortly after getting a hip replacement, suffering multiple heart attacks before he passed. He was sixty-three.

William Hurt…

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Hurt worked in TV, Theater, and Film during his illustrious career in Hollywood. He was nominated for 4 Academy Awards and won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1985. He died on March 13, aged seventy-one.

Emilio Delgado…

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The Mexican-American actor worked on the children’s TV show Sesame Street for over forty years and was a huge part of our lives growing up. He also appeared in other TV shows, such as Law & Order. He died on March 10, aged eighty-one.

Sally Kellerman…

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Kellerman was in the spotlight for over 5 decades, starring in TV shows before going on to play notable parts such as Margaret Houlihan in MASH, and recently the mother of Mark Maron in Maron. She died on February 24, aged eighty-four.

Ivan Reitman…

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Reitman was an incredible director, working on such movies as Ghostbusters, and Twins. He died at home in California on February 12, aged seventy-five.

Betty Davis…

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Davis needs very little introduction, the funk singer was well known for her incredible vocals. After less than a decade in the industry, she decided to leave. But she’s still famous for her iconic hits. She died on February 9, aged seventy-seven.

Manfred Thierry Mugler…

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Mugler was a well-known French fashion designer who worked with some of the greats during his career. He was most notably responsible for creating Kim Kardashian’s wet-look dress for the Met Gala in 2019. He died on January 23, aged seventy-three.

Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf)…

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Meat Loaf sold over 100 million albums worldwide. The rock music icon not only had incredible skill with words, but his theatrical performances were next level. He died on January 20, aged seventy-four.

Louie Anderson…

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Anderson had a long career as a stand-up comedian and also worked in television for a short time, gaining an Emmy for his role on Baskets. He sadly died from cancer on January 21, aged sixty-eight.

Gaspard Ulliel…

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The French actor was best known for playing young Hannibal in Hannibal Rising and was scheduled to make an appearance in the Marvel series, Moon Knight. However, he sadly died in a freak skiing accident on January 19, aged thirty-seven.

Bob Saget…

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Saget was best known for his role as Danny Tanner in the hit TV show Full House, and appeared in a range of TV shows and movies over the years. Although fans know him best as a stand-up comedian. He died on January 9 aged sixty-five.

Michael Lang…

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Lang was the co-creator of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival which began in 1969. It was a hugely historic event for the music industry. He died on January 8, aged seventy-seven.

Sidney Poitier…

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Poitier was the first black actor to win an Academy Award for his role in Lillies of the Field, in which he won best actor. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Poitier died on January 6, aged ninety-four.

Lenny Von Dohlen…

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The actor played the character Harold Smith on the original Twin Peaks, he also appeared in the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. He died on July 5 at the age of sixty-three.

Joe Turkel…

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Turkel was best known for his roles in The Shining and Blade Runner, and over the course of his career appeared in over 100 films and TV shows! He died on June 27, aged ninety-four.

Lil Keed…

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Keed was a rapper and only starting out in his career when he suffered sudden liver and kidney failure leading to his tragic death. He died on March 13, aged just twenty-four.

Bruce MacVittie…

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The veteran stage actor also dabbled in TV and is famously known for his appearances in The Sopranos and Law & Order. He died on May 7 at the age of sixty-five. 

Mike Hagerty…

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Hagerty was best known for playing the janitor Mr. Treeger on Friends, but more recently appeared on the sitcoms; The George Carlin Show and Lucky Louie. He died on May 5, aged sixty-seven.

Joanna Barnes…

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Barnes was an actress and writer best known for her roles in hit movies The Parent Trap and Auntie Mame. She died on April 29, aged eighty-seven. 

Jossara Jinaro…

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Jinaro appeared on a range of TV shows such as ERThe Young and the Restless, and Judging Amy. She died after a battle with cancer on April 27, aged forty-eight. 

Liz Sheridan…

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Sheridan was a veteran actress, who played Jerry’s overbearing mom on the show Seinfeld. She also appeared in several theatre and TV productions over her career. She died on April 15 of natural causes. Sheridan was ninety-three. 

Rae Allen…

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Allen was best known for her roles in The Sopranos and A League of Their Own. She died on April 6, aged ninety-five. 

Cheslie Kryst…

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Kryst was Miss USA back in 2019 and worked with Extra. She died on January 30, aged thirty, after allegedly jumping from a building in New York. 

Moses J. Moseley…

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Moseley worked on the hit TV show The Walking Dead as one of Michonne’s guard zombies. He died on January 26, aged thirty-one.

Olivia Newton-John…

Grease star Newton-John tragically passed away after a long battle with cancer aged seventy-three.

Ronnie Turner

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Tina Turner’s son passed away aged 62 after being pronounced dead on the street after struggling to breathe.

Jeff Beck

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His family confirmed his cause of death, writing: “After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.”

Gina Lollobrigida

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The Italian bombshell, who once starred alongside icons like Humphrey Bogart and Frank Sinatra, died aged 95.

CJ Harris

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The American Idol star, who made it to the top 6 back in 2014, died of a heart attack.

Jay Briscoe

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The wrestler died in a car accident, The Mirror reported.

David Crosby

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The legendary musician and member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, passed away at age 81.

Randy Gonzalez

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The father of TikTok duo Enkyboys died aged just 35 after a battle with colon cancer.

Odele Cape

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John Ventimiglia’s daughter Odele Cape died aged just 25. The cause of death has not yet been revealed.

Annie Wersching

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The Star Trek and Vampire Diaries actress passed away following a cancer diagnosis aged 45.

Dax Tejera

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The executive producer of This Week on ABC passed away aged just 37.

Burt Bacharach

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The legendary composer responsible for such classics as “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” died aged 94.

Jansen Panettiere.

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According to a report by TMZ, Jansen died in New York due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart), coupled with aortic valve complications.

Robert Blake

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The actor, best known for his work on Baretta, died on Thursday aged 89 from heart disease.

Mick Slattery

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The Hawkwind guitarist passed away aged 77 after battling a short illness.

Paul Grant

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The actor known for his roles in Star Wars and Harry Potter movies died after collapsing outside a London train station.

Gunter Nezhoda

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The Storage Wars alum has lost his battle with cancer, his son Ricky has told TMZ.

Chris Smith

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Seattle Sea Dragons defensive end Chris Smith died at the age of 31.

Moonbin.

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The star of K-pop group ASTRO tragically passed away aged 25.

And now, Otis Redding III.

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The son and namesake of the 1960s soul singer has died from cancer at age 59.

And now, Jerry Springer.

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The legendary TV host has passed away, TMZ has learned.

Springer famous hosted the talk show “The Jerry Springer Show” for 27 years.

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The show was known to be raucous and involved lots of audience participation!

Springer also unsuccessfully ran for Congress back in 1970.

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He was, however, successfully elected as mayor of Cincinnati in 1977.

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Springer’s last TV appearance was on The Masked Singer last season.

His cause of death has been confirmed by his family as an illness.

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Which TMZ reports to be pancreatic cancer.

His final Tweet is breaking the internet’s hearts.

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It came from the beginning of 2023 …

“Wishing you a happy and healthy 2023, full of hope, love, joy, and laughter,” it reads.

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With many fans now responding following the news of his passing.

Springer’s final video has also resurfaced online.

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And it’s evoking similarly emotional responses.

In the video, Springer reveals he wants to retire while he’s still “healthy.”

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He added: “I don’t have to make a living. I want to enjoy life.”

Some fans believe this was him hinting that he was struggling with an illness.

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Watch the moving clip here.

Springer’s collaborator and friend Steve Wilkos has also spoken out.

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He remembered the last time he’d seen Springer.

“I really didn’t want to go, but it’s Jerry and I’m like, ‘I want to see the guy and I love him,'” Wilkos recalled to ET.

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“He never told me he was ill. And now, I think that night I saw him was his way of saying goodbye to me without saying goodbye. I wish I would have known. I think in his way he was telling me goodbye.”

“He embraced me. He hugged me like he had never done before and he was telling me he loves me,” Wilkos continued.

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“We sat down, and I think back now, we were reflecting a lot on the good times that we had, which we normally didn’t do a lot, but this time it was a lot of reflection on the good times that we had together.”


“And I was telling my wife, for me, it makes a lot of sense today.”

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“I’m hearing that he had pancreatic cancer, but he did not say anything to me. So, I’m really not sure. But if it’s true, then he definitely said goodbye to me in a way that he was letting me know that that was the end.”

Soon after, an old clip of Springer defending his iconic talk show had the internet talking.

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And in it, he addresses the rumor that the show was faked!

“I’d say it was 98 percent real. In fact, the lawyers were involved – you’d get sued if you made it up,” he claimed.

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“Now, if you’re asking me, ‘Was there ever a time when someone fooled us?’”

“To this day, we don’t know if they made it up.”

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“The situations were truthful. What was embellished… was the reactions. Because you had the audience screaming, ‘Jerry, Jerry!'”

“They’d seen the show 100 times before.”

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“And so you could have the same people on Oprah and they would have behaved perfectly. It’s just that when they came to our show, they kind of knew the drill and they just behaved like that.”

He compared it to how celebrities behave on late-night interview shows.

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“They don’t talk on these shows the same way they do when they’re at home, they perform,” he explained.

“And these people, when they see the crowd cheering and whatever, they perform too.”

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Take a look at the interview here.

And it’s clear the show meant a lot to Springer.

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As he included a reference to it on his plans for his gravestone!

He told Entertainment Tonight: “I know what I’m going to put on my tombstone. ‘I won’t be right back.'”

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This is in reference to one of his old catchphrases, “I’ll be right back.”

Our thoughts are with their family and friends at this difficult time.

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Rest in peace.