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Oprah Winfrey

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q17144&amp;oldid=2531981575" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Presidential Medal of Freedom · dated 2013
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q694106&amp;oldid=2561466400" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Oprah Winfrey Show · from 1986-09-08 · to 2011-05-25
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q7956946&amp;oldid=2541967561" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WVOL
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1782948&amp;oldid=2540563474" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tennessee State University
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q838121&amp;oldid=2541571680" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peabody Awards · dated 1995
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q7775604&amp;oldid=2512850086" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Women of Brewster Place

Wikidata describes Oprah Winfrey as American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954).

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