Former 'Springer' bouncer Steve Wilkos pays tribute to TV mentor Jerry Springer

Commemorating TV host Jerry Springer, the show’s former security director Steve Wilkos, right, described the late broadcaster as, “other than my father, ... the most influential man in my life.” Steve Wilkos, who became a cult figure as the security director on “The Jerry Springer Show,” paid tribute Thursday to the man who helped launch his TV career. Wilkos said daytime talk-show host Jerry Springer, who died Thursday at 79, was like a father to him. Springer’s infamous 1990s program set the stage for Wilkos’ own syndicated series that debuted...