Nashville: Oprah Winfrey’s father, Vernon Winfrey, has died on the age of 89. Oprah confirmed in an Instagram submit that her father died in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday. “Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath,” the media mogul wrote. “We could feel peace enter the room at his passing.”Also Read – Your Instagram Video Posts Will Soon Turn Into Reels. Here’s How
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Earlier this week, Oprah stunned her father by throwing him a shock barbeque in Nashville on the Fourth of July. The occasion was known as “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day,” which included a barber chair to honor his lengthy profession as a barber and proudly owning his personal store in Nashville for practically 50 years. Also Read – Meta Launches Instagram Reels APIs For Developers
Vernon served as a member of Nashville’s Metro City Council for 16 years and was a trustee for the Tennessee State University.
Oprah spent her early childhood at her father’s hometown of Kosciusko, Mississippi, and in Milwaukee together with her mom, Vernita Lee, who died in 2018. However, she additionally lived together with her father in Nashville, between the ages of seven and 9 and through her teenagers.
“If I hadn’t been sent to my father (when I was 14), I would have gone in another direction,” Oprah instructed the Washington Post in 1986. “I could have made a good criminal. I would have used these same instincts differently.”
