Born on a farm in
Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey, who were not married.
Her parents had planned to name her Orpah, after Ruth's sister-in-law in the
Bible. The midwife, however, transposed the letters of her name on the birth
certificate to Oprah.
"I have a lot of things to prove to
myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly." -- Oprah
Winfrey
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