1.0 Biography of Oprah Gail Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey is a very famous and familiar name worldwide. Born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States, to unwed teenage parents was initially named Orpah based on the Book of Ruth in the Bible and later changed into Oprah for easier pronunciation. Her mother, Vernita Lee, an eighteen-year-old housemaid and her father, Vernon Winfrey was twenty and in the armed forces when Oprah was born. Initially, Oprah lived with her maternal grandmother Hattie Mae in a pig farm at Kosciusko until she was six. Oprah's grandmother taught her to read before the age of three and took her to the local church, where she was nicknamed "The Preacher" for her ability to recite Bible verses. When Oprah was a child, her grandmother would take a switch and would hit her with it when she didn't do chores or if she misbehaved in any way.

At age six and a half, Oprah moved to a Milwaukee inner city ghetto with her mother, who was less......

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