Oprah Winfrey’s Mother Vernita Lee Dies at Age 83 on Thanksgiving: Reports

Oprah Winfrey’s Mother Vernita Lee Dies at Age 83 on Thanksgiving: Reports
Oprah Winfrey at the ”'Belief” New York premiere on Oct. 14, 2015. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Vernita Lee, the mother of TV personality and media mogul Oprah Winfrey, died at the age of 83, according to reports on Nov. 26.

Oprah’s niece, Alisha Hayes, wrote that Lee died on Thanksgiving Day, and her family recently confirmed her death, TMZ reported.
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