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Oprah G. Winfrey

Born 1950s.

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Daughter of Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee

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Biography

Oprah Winfrey was awarded the Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement by an African American.

Oprah Winfrey is a talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her TV show "Oprah."

Orpah Gail Winfrey was born on 29 January, 1950 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She is the daughter of Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee.

Oprah's name: "My name had been chosen from the Bible. My Aunt Ida had chosen the name, but nobody really knew how to spell it, so it went down as "Orpah" on my birth certificate, but people didn't know how to pronounce it, so they put the "P" before the "R" in every place else other than the birth certificate. On the birth certificate it is Orpah, but then it got translated to Oprah, so here we are."^[1]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey

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Gaile (Gordon) Connolly

A woman searching for her birth family took a DNA test and turned out to be Oprah's sister (or maybe half-sister). It was heavily covered in the news (I think it was several months ago) and should be easy enough to dig up the news articles about it.

posted Feb 10, 2023 by Gaile (Gordon) Connolly

Bonnie Follett

About Oprah's relationship to her father - Vernon Winfrey (1933-2022):

Oprah Winfrey Shares Her Dad Has Died at Age 88 Following Illness: 'We Could Feel Peace Enter the Room', by Giovana Gelhoren, Sat, July 9, 2022 at 10:01 AM, Yahoo News citing People, at: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-reveals-her-dad-170142761.html

posted Jul 09, 2022 by Bonnie Follett
edited Jul 09, 2022 by Bonnie Follett

Rob Neff

Vernon Winfrey profile exists, it just needs to be linked.

posted Jul 10, 2022 by Rob Neff

Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM

Thanks. I've got it attached. Surprised we missed that somehow.

posted Jul 10, 2022 by Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM

Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy

Growing up she lived in poverty. She wore potato sacks as dresses, had pet cockroaches, ran from an abusive home, was completely alone in the world and told by bosses to get surgery to fix her eyes from being too far apart, make her nose less flat and that her hair needed to not be so black. She used to be called "the Preacher" because of her love of talking and she teaches others that "the only person you ever need to be is yourself." She is quoted as saying "Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire."

Meltzer, Brad, Heroes for my son, pgs 58-59, Harper Collins Publishing

posted Sep 14, 2017 by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy

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