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News Winfrey, Oprah (Wikipedia.org) "Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history.[1] She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century[2], the most philanthropic African American of all time[3], and the world's only Black billionaire for three straight years.[4][5][6][7] She is also, according to several assessments, the most influential woman in the world.[8]" 02-07 Papers Oprah Opens School in South Africa (CSB News) "Oprah Winfrey headed a celebrity lineup that included Tina Turner and Spike Lee at the opening of her school for poor South African girls." 01-07 Oprah Winfrey Stuns Audience (USA Today) "Everybody in the audience got a new car, 276 midsize Pontiac G6's fresh off the assembly line — each worth $28,400. Total value: more than $7 million, courtesy of Pontiac." "Oprah had instructed her staff to find people who were deserving. That was important to her." 9-04 Winfrey, Oprah (Achievement.org) Provides an extended biography. "Oprah Winfrey was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century by Time Magazine, and in 1998 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her influence extended to the publishing industry when she began an on-air book club. Oprah Book Club selections became instant bestsellers, and in 1999 she was presented with the National Book Foundation's 50th anniversary gold medal for her service to books and authors." 1-05 Winfrey, Oprah (GaleGroup.com) Provides an extended biography. "One of the most influential projects Winfrey has tackled is literacy. The on-air reading club she started in September 1996, 'Oprah's Book Club,' boosted book sales so dramatically that Winfrey quickly became the most important book marketer in any communications medium." 1-05 Winfrey, Oprah (National Women's Hall of Fame) Provides a short biography of one of the most popular talk show hosts in the USA. She is also a successful producer, actress, and advocate to stop child abuse. 1-01

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