Who Is Jerry Springer’s Daughter Katie Springer? 5 Things to Know about the Late ‘Jerry Springer’ Host’s Only Child

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His whole world! While Jerry Springer was known for facilitating drama on air, he had nothing but love for his daughter, Katie Springer.The late Jerry Springer host — who died in April 2023 at age 79 — welcomed his only child with wife Micki Velton in 1976, three years after the pair tied the knot.

As Katie faced health issues as a newborn and is reportedly legally blind and deaf in one ear, her parents sought to make sure she got all the support she needed.“I’ve heard this story that when I was first born and they heard about all these problems, they just said, ‘We’re never going to treat her different, we’re going to make sure she knows she’s not different,'” the Chicago resident recalled in an interview with Access Hollywood in 2006.While Jerry rose to fame with his political career and TV endeavors, his family chose to remain out of the spotlight.

However, when Jerry decided to compete on season 3 of Dancing With the Stars in September 2006, he gave his daughter credit for his participation.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I originally told them no, I didn’t want to do it.

I don’t know how to dance and I didn’t think it was appropriate,” the former mayor of Cincinnati admitted to Access Hollywood at the time, noting he wanted to learn to dance ahead of his daughter’s wedding. “But then I talked with Katie about it and we thought, you know what, this could be a way to combine what I do in life, which is show business, with the wedding.” (Katie wed husband Adam Yenkin in 2006.)Jerry’s daughter’s health journey also served as an inspiration for him to take the risk and join the dance competition. “It’s not much different than Katie’s life,” he explained at the time. “The lesson of life, which you