Jerry Springer Wanted These 5 Words on His Tombstone

Even in the wake of his passing, Jerry Springer is still making us laugh.

The controversial daytime talk show host, who died at age 79 on Thursday, April 27, previously laid out the exact words he wanted to be etched on his tombstone in a newly resurfaced interview.

In the uncovered conversation from 2016, Springer told Entertainment Tonight, "I know what I'm going to put on my tombstone: 'I won't be right back.'"

Springer made the quip while thinking about what his final "sign off" would entail, considering his tenure on the long-running syndicated talk show The Jerry Springer Show, which made him a pro at telling viewers, "We'll be right back."

"You do three things to be a talk show host," he told ET at the time. "You have to be able to say, 'You did what? Come on out! We'll be right back.' If you can do those three lines, you've got a career."

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Aside from his role as a TV personality, broadcaster and journalist, Springer also spent part of his career in the political realm, serving as the Mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978.

His death was announced by a family spokesperson on Thursday, who revealed that Springer passed away in his Chicago home after battling a "brief illness," as Parade previously reported.

Springer's cause of death was later confirmed as pancreatic cancer, with his good friend and religious leader Rabbi Sandford Kopnick saying the "illness was sudden."

"He hasn't been sick for a long time. He died of cancer, and he didn't have cancer for very long," Rabbi Kopnick said, noting that he just visited Springer last week.

"There was much more to him than The Jerry Springer Show," he added of the late TV icon. "He was very, very smart. He was a remarkable family man, and he was somebody who understood what it means to pay it forward."

"He always knew his good fortune. He never took it for granted. When he certainly could have moved on to another congregation after I arrived in this one, not only did he stay, but he did what he could to make it thrive," Rabbi Kopnick added.

Springer is survived by his daughter, Katie Springer.

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