alex forsyth, bbc news, north warwickshire.versial american talk show hostjerry springer has died at the age of 79. his tv show becamne cult viewing and ran for almost 30 years. here's david sillito. audience: jerry! jerry! when it began, thejerry springer show had aspirations to tackle... the serious issues. they soon realised where the ratings were though. who are you? marquis says he's scared the truth will get him in big trouble. and there in the middle, urbane, witty, the ringmaster. jerry springer. well, she does now, she's watching backstage. calm, confident and completely relaxed about the madness. the show is stupid but i've always thought the show is stupid. most of the people on my show i really kind of like. not everyone, but most of them. theyjust didn't get the breaks in life that i get. the luck he'd had, the son ofjewish refugees who had been born during an air raid in london's highgate tube station, had taken him to america. i'm jerry springer and i want to be your governor. and a political career which wasn't