Springer died peacefully at home in suburban Chicago after a brief illness, the statement said On his Twitter profile, Springer jokingly declared himself as “Talk show host, ringmaster of civilisation’s end.” He also often had told people, tongue in cheek, that his wish for them was “may you never be on my show.” After more than 4000 episodes, the show ended in 2018, never straying from its core salaciousness: Some of its last episodes had such titles as “Stripper Sex Turned Me Straight,” “Stop Pimpin’ My Twin Sister,” and “Hooking Up With My Therapist.” In a “Too Hot For TV”...