Before They Were Stars
HOT GALLERY: Happy Birthday, Oprah! Snakkle Celebrates the Daytime Legend’s 61st Birthday with a Look Back
Please welcome, MY BIRTHDAAAAYY! Or so might the Queen of Daytime greet the day on her 61st birthday on January 29, 2015. But not, of course, before reminding us to breathe and let go on our journey to being our best possible selves while reading The Secret. So grab your favorite organic cashmere throw—it’s time to celebrate with a look back at the early days of O. Happy birthday, Queen of our Favorite Things! By Katherine Butler
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Oprah Winfrey, Junior Year of High School (1970)
Oprah was abused as a child and spent her formative years struggling with an absent mother. Exhibiting some behavioral issues, she was sent to live with her father Vernon and stepmother Zelma in Tennessee. There she enrolled in East Nashville High School, in Nashville. She became an honors student, citing Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as her inspiration.
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March 15, 2014 at 5:37 am, Rokhaya said:
I’m most creative … mad I am hirliaously funny when steam is coming out of my ears.If I were a color, I’d be … Royal Blue not because I am either Royal or Blue, I just like the color and it brings out the blue in my eyes!I often imagine myself …being hirliaously funny on a talk show. On Johnny Carson, to be precise. Of course, he’s dead. But I don’t think that changes the likelihood.I really wish I knew how to … play the piano. I took lessons as an adult, but my teacher died and I took it personally.I’d love to spend a lazy Sunday … cooking, reading, blogging & singing. That works for me, too. I’m most excited about … the fact that my ancient dog, who I expected to kick the bucket two years ago, is about to celebrate his 14th birthday. My secret talent is … well, yours is remembering song lyrics/artists. Mine is remembering one verse of one song and singing it over and over and over again.This was fun. Thanks MJ!