Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey's father, Vernon, has died, the doyenne of daytime talk said on her Instagram account on Saturday, just days after she said the family was ...

Her father thought it was meant to be a Fourth of July celebration, she said in the video. We could feel Peace enter the room at his passing," Winfrey wrote in the post. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Vernon Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey's father, died late Friday, Oprah announced in a statement. He was 89.

However, she also lived with her father in Nashville, between the ages of 7 and 9 and during her teens. “I could have made a good criminal. “We could feel peace enter the room at his passing.”

Oprah Winfrey has announced that her father Vernon Winfrey has died. She shared a moving Instagram tribute to her dad less than a week after celebrating ...

"It's for Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day because my father is ill and so we wanted to be able to have all of his friends come and celebrate him while he's able to receive the joy." The festivities were a complete surprise for Vernon. "He doesn't even know that this is for him," Oprah, who had been at her dad's side in Nashville throughout his illness, explained. "Less than a week ago we honored my father in his own backyard," Oprah wrote about the performance.

"Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life," Oprah Winfrey wrote on Instagram on ...

She then wrapped the video by showing her father taking in the moment in a spot he knew best. You have a daughter.' And the reason he did, he said, is because it could have been him. Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts 🙏🏾," she ended the caption. "He doesn't know ... He's gonna walk out and see everything." "Vernon Winfrey 1933-2022," Oprah wrote in the caption. We could feel Peace enter the room at his passing."

Her dad died late on July 8, 2022 after a battle with cancer.

In her video for Father's Day, Oprah reflected on some of the lessons her father taught her, crediting him with her success. In a video on her Instagram, Oprah shared that she was spending the Fourth of July with him—but what Vernon thought was just an Independence Day party was actually a celebration dedicated to honoring his life. "Thank you for being the kind of father who has brought honor to your life and honor to my life," Oprah told him during the celebration.

Vernon Winfrey, the father to Oprah Winfrey, has died after battling a recent illness. He was 89 years old.

Born in 1933, Vernon Winfrey served on the Metro Nashville Council for 16 years during his lifetime. “Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside, I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath,” Winfrey continued. Alongside his friends and family, Vernon was saluted by gospel singer Wintley Phipps, who performed a song for him.

The presenter confirmed the news in an Instagram post that her father died in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday. “Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I ...

“We could feel peace enter the room at his passing.” However, she also lived with her father in Nashville, between the ages of seven and nine and during her teens. The event was called “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day”, which included a barber chair to honour his long career as a barber and owning his own shop in Nashville for nearly 50 years.

Oprah surprised her father by throwing him a surprise barbeque in Nashville on the Fourth of July. The event, called “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day,” included ...

She also lived with her father in Nashville between ages 7 and 9, and during her teens. Vernon Winfrey, the father of media mogul Oprah Winfrey, died Friday in Nashville, Tenn. at 89. “We could feel peace enter the room at his passing.”

Earlier this week, Oprah surprised her father by throwing him a surprise barbeque in Nashville. The event included a barber chair to honor his long career ...

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