US star Oprah Winfrey has paid tribute to her mother, Vernita Lee, who died on Thanksgiving. "Thank you all for your kind words and condolences," she wrote on Instagram. "It gives our family great ...

She was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey, their only child as Vernita was a single teenage mother. She famously grew up in poverty. But Vernita ...

Born on Jan. 29, 1954, in the small town of Kosciusko, Miss., to young parents Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey, Oprah's early years were marked by poverty and hardship. Yet, within this tale of ...