Oprah Winfrey shared the news that her father, Vernon Winfrey, had gone away on November 26, 2018, on her Instagram account. Vernon Winfrey had been 88 years old when he died. The media mogul gave a touching homage to her father, in which she expressed the breadth of her sorrow and the depth of the sense of serenity that she had experienced when she was in her father’s company.
After serving in World War II, Vernon Winfrey became a barber in Nashville, Tennessee, and eventually ran for a seat on the city council there. He was also a driving force behind his daughter Oprah’s success, having encouraged her to pursue her aspirations of becoming a talk show presenter. Oprah is one of the most successful people in the world today because of her father.