Oprah Winfrey's mother Vernita Lee died in her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thanksgiving, PEOPLE confirms. She was 83 Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

During the latest episode of her The Oprah Podcast, the legendary talk show host opened up about her relationship with her ...

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 ...