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.
Shaw was an journalist and news anchor for CNN from 1980 until his retirement in March 2001. Prior to his time at CNN, he was a reporter and anchor for WNUS, Westinghouse Broadcasting, CBS News, andABC News.
Bernard Shaw died at a hospital in Washington, D.C. after contracting pneumonia.
NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Eliason, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and skillful editing graced Associated Press news wires for almost a half-century, has died. He was 75.
He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, developed pneumonia earlier this week at a nursing home, and died on Friday in a New York hospital.
Journalist and former corporate defense attorney Megyn Kelly was a anchor at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and a talk show host and news correspondent with NBC News from 2017 to 2018.
Fox News host Megyn Kelly is known for her work on America Live and America’s Newsroom. She hosted The Kelly File from 9 to 10 p.m. EST on weekdays. She began hosting Megyn Kelly Today on NBC in 2017.
Kelly played field hockey, basketball, and was a cheerleader in high school.
She practiced law for nearly a decade before finding success in broadcast journalism.
On this day in 1991, Islamic militants in Lebanon release kidnapped AP Middle East correspondent Terry Anderson after 2,454 days in captivity. In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully for the Ohio State Senate.
Terry A. Anderson turned 71 in October.
On this day in 1992, President George H. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia, a war-torn East African nation where rival warlords were preventing the distribution of humanitarian aid to thousands of starving Somalis. In a military mission he described as “God’s work,” Bush said that America must act to save more than a million Somali lives, but reassured Americans that “this operation is not open-ended” and that “we will not stay one day longer than is absolutely necessary.” Unfortunately, America’s humanitarian troops became embroiled in Somalia’s political conflict, and the controversial mission stretched on for 15 months before being abruptly called off by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
In this Jan. 1, 1993, file photo, U.S. President George H.W. Bush holds a camera, which he borrowed from the Marine to snap the picture,for a self-portrait with Marines at the airport in Baidoa, Somalia.
In October of 1993, President Bill Clinton addressed the nation from the Oval Office concerning the events in Somalia. He outlined a plan for completing the operation.