Springer is best known for “The Jerry Springer Show,”
which he hosted for 27 years.

Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023)

(TMZ) – Beloved talk show host and former Cincinnati Mayor
Jerry Springer died Thursday at the age of 79, following a
brief illness.

Springer’s death was confirmed by TMZ, who reported he
was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago and eventually
became worse toward the end of April. A spokesperson
confirmed he died peacefully at his home in the Chicago
area Thursday morning, according to the outlet.

   
ED DANAHUE

Lucille Désirée Ball
(August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

Harry Belafonte ( Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.)
(March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023)

Belafonte was a Jamaican-American singer, actor and activist,
who popularized calypso music with international audiences
in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the
first million-selling LP by a single artist.

Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O
(The Banana Boat Song)".

SANDY KOZEL

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021)

On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron knocked out the first home run
of his Major League Baseball career. Twenty years later, Aaron
becomes baseball’s new home run king when he broke Babe
Ruth’s long-standing record of 714 career homers.

A native of Mobile, Alabama, Aaron  began his professional
baseball career in 1952 in the Negro League and joined the
Milwaukee Braves of the major leagues in 1954, eight years
after Jackie Robinson had integrated baseball. Aaron,
nicknamed "Hammer", was the last Negro League player
to compete in the majors.

SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Tina Kotek has awarded the Law
Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice to fallen Nyssa
police officer Cpl. Joseph Johnson.

The award will be presented to Johnson’s family at his
memorial service today.

Johnson was shot and killed while on patrol last Saturday
night in the eastern Oregon town of Nyssa.

Gov. Tina Kotek