Oprah Celebrates 59 Years
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey turns 59.
PHOTOS: Oprah Winfrey Through the Years
Growing up, Winfrey bounced between homes, living with her mother in Mississippi and later Wisconsin and with her father, Vernon Winfrey, in Nashville, Tenn. An 8-year-old Winfrey is pictured in her fourth grade school photo in Nashville.
Winfrey was raped and sexually abused by cousins and other relatives from the time she was nine years old. The talk show host shared her story with the world on a 1986 episode of her show.
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