Celebrity dad Vernon Winfrey dies at 90.
The sad news was confirmed on Oprah's Twitter page..
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Oprah's dad passed away on Friday, July 8. The man is known to have been battling cancer.. " My friend and gospel singer Vintley Phips congratulated him with the song. He felt love and drank it until he could no longer speak.. Yesterday, with the family that surrounded his bed, I had the sacred honor of witnessing how the person responsible for my life took his last breath, " Note that Oprah's dad and mom were not married..
For the first six years, the future host lived with her grandmother. As Oprah used to say, she constantly beat her. At the age of six, Winfrey moved in with her mother.. From the age of nine, Oprah suffered from sexual harassment from her brothers, uncles and their friends, and at the age of 14 she became pregnant and gave birth (the child died). Then the mother sent her daughter to her father. Dad insisted that Oprah educate. In addition, the father supported the daughter in all her endeavors..