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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - In the book 'Build the Life You Want,' Oprah has some advice for being happier. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Revised the article's display. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Jan 23, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to George Floyd. | Aug 03, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Apr 05, 2023 | ||
| Revised the discussion of her education. | Jan 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Investopedia - Who Is Oprah Winfrey? | Aug 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mississippi Encyclopedia - Oprah Winfrey. | Aug 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveAbout - A Childhood Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| Noted that O, the Oprah Magazine had been rebranded and added a discussion of her books. | May 25, 2021 | ||
| Added the TV shows Oprah Talks COVID-19 and Where Do We Go From Here? | Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 10, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Jun 14, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Mar 29, 2018 | ||
| Added the movie A Wrinkle in Time (2018). | Mar 08, 2018 | ||
| Noted that Discovery Communications had become a majority owner of OWN and added that she won the Cecil B. DeMille Award. | Jan 08, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oprah.com. | Dec 18, 2017 | ||
| Added the TV movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. | Apr 25, 2017 | ||
| Noted that the film Selma (2014) was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture. | Jan 16, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | May 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Oprah Winfrey. | May 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | May 21, 2014 | ||
| She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. | Nov 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Sep 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Sep 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Sep 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Oprah Winfrey. | Sep 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Sep 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet.com - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Sep 12, 2013 | ||
| Added the movie Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013). | Aug 16, 2013 | ||
| In 2013 she was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. | Aug 09, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Oct 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Oprah Winfrey. | Oct 03, 2012 | ||
| Added the TV show Oprah's Next Chapter. | Jan 10, 2012 | ||
| She received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2011. | Nov 14, 2011 | ||
| The last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired on May 25, 2011. | May 25, 2011 | ||
| Added image of Oprah Winfrey from 2007. | Jan 20, 2011 | ||
| Her new television network, OWN, debuted in January 2011. | Jan 05, 2011 | ||
| She was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2010. | Sep 08, 2010 | ||
| Photo added. | Jan 11, 2010 | ||
| In 2009 she announced that her talk show would end in 2011. | Nov 20, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 16, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 23, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 08, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 01, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: TIME 100: Oprah Winfrey. | Jul 10, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 10, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 12, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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