Winfrey told the public just a few weeks ago that her 89-year-old father had been fighting cancer.
Vernon Winfrey, Oprah’s father, has died.
A story on Oprah Daily said that Vernon Winfrey had died late on July 8. Cancer had been a problem for the 89-year-old man.
A few days ago, when Americans were celebrating the 4th of July, Winfrey posted a video to her Instagram page renaming the holiday “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day.” Winfrey said that the backyard barbecue in Nashville was a surprise for her sick father, who had no idea what was going on.
In the video message, Oprah told her longtime friend Gayle King, “We wanted all of his friends to be able to come and celebrate him while he was there to feel the joy.”
“Giving my father his “flowers” while he’s still healthy enough to smell them. Happy 4th of July, and remember to celebrate each other while you still can,” Winfrey wrote in the post’s caption, which was a moving plea for everyone to “remember to celebrate each other.”
A few days after that party, her father died after a long fight with cancer. Since then, Winfrey has released a statement thanking people for their support after the death of her father.
The famous TV star and media mogul, who has 21.3 million Instagram followers, paid tribute to her father by posting pictures of the two of them together and video of her father sitting in his garden with friends and family. Winfrey wrote in the post that went with the photo, “Less than a week ago, we celebrated my dad in his own backyard. My friend Wintley Phipps, who is a gospel singer, sang a song for him. He FELT the love and was so happy about it that he couldn’t speak. Yesterday, I had the sacred honor of watching the man who saved my life take his last breath, surrounded by his family. When he died, we could feel peace come into the room. Peace is still there. It’s all good. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.”
On Father’s Day, Winfrey talked about how much her dad meant to her. She said, “If it weren’t for him, I doubt anyone in the world would know my name.”
Over the weekend, Oprah Winfrey remembered her father Vernon Winfrey, who died on Friday at the age of 89.
The famous talk show host shared a short video of her cancer-stricken father in an Instagram post on Saturday.
On May 2, 2003, in Nashville, Tennessee, Vernon Winfrey and his daughter Oprah Winfrey went to the opening of “Charlie’s War” at the Nashville Film Festival.
She wrote, “Vernon Winfrey 1933-2022.” “We remembered my dad less than a week ago in his own backyard. My friend Wintley Phipps, who is a gospel singer, sang a song for him. He FELT the love and was so happy about it that he couldn’t talk.”
“Yesterday, I had the great honor of watching the man who saved my life take his last breath, surrounded by his family. When he died, we could feel peace come into the room,” she said. “That Peace lives on. It’s all good. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.”
Before he died, Winfrey’s father was a city councilman and ran a barbershop in Nashville for more than 50 years.
Vernita Lee, the mother of the star of “A Wrinkle in Time,” died in November 2018 at the age of 83.
Oprah Winfrey is remembering her father, Vernon Winfrey, who has died.
Oprah shared a short video of her father, who died of cancer on Friday, on Instagram on Saturday. He was 88.
She wrote, “Vernon Winfrey 1933-2022.” “We remembered my dad less than a week ago in his own backyard. My friend Wintley Phipps, who is a gospel singer, sang a song for him. He FELT the love and was so happy about it that he couldn’t talk.”
“Yesterday, I had the great honor of watching the man who saved my life take his last breath, surrounded by his family. “When he died, we could feel peace come into the room,” Oprah said. “That peace still lives on.” It’s all good. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.”
Before he died, Vernon had been a councilman and ran a barbershop in Nashville for more than 50 years.