Photos: Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-American history. Look through the gallery to view photos of Winfrey's career and philanthropy.
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Oprah Winfrey receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University during commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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No. 1: Oprah Winfrey with $77 million --Â Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of "Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on Feb. 12, 2013.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Indian actor Amitabh Bachan left, at the wheel, along with son Abhishek Bachan and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai center, in a car with US actress and talk show host Oprah Winfrey in Mumbai, India, Jan 16, 2012.(AP Photo)
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Ball State University alumnus David Letterman, right, host of CBS's "Late Show," poses with Oprah Winfrey following an interview at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. The conversation is part of the David Letterman Distinguished Professional Lecture and Workshop Series. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this photograph taken by AP Images for MAC Cosmetics, Mo'Nique, Oprah Winfrey, Shondrella Avery, Margaret Avery and guests during the Mo'Nique Oscar Luncheon presented by MAC Cosmetics at Philippe Chow on March 6, 2010, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Casey Rodgers / AP Images for MAC Cosmetics)
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Oprah Winfrey arrives at Radio City Music Hall in this May 22, 1996.
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In this photo provided by Harpo Productions Oprah Winfrey waves as her show taped for the last time Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Chicago. The show, which aired Wednesday, was all about the one thing that made her a billion-dollar success: the unique connection she made with millions of viewers for 25 years. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, George Burns)
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Oprah Winfrey reacts after receiving an honorary doctorate in education from Prof. Dennis Francis, unseen, during her graduation ceremony at the Free State University in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Friday, June 24, 2011. A central South African university known for fraught race relations awarded an honorary education doctorate to Oprah Winfrey Friday, and her visit was welcomed as an acknowledgment of the progress the institution has made toward tolerance. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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this Aug. 31, 2009 photo provided Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 by Harpo Productions shows television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, and Whitney Houston during an interview at the Town Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, George Burns) ** NO SALES **
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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses with legendary rock star Bono after planting a kiss on his cheek, during his appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Winfrey and Bono will discussed issues confronting Africa and the need to take action during the September 17th taping of the show, in Chicago. REUTERS/Geroge Burns/Harpo Productions/Handout
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Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey holds up a copy of John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" during taping Wednesday, June 18, 2003, in Chicago of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," where she announced the selection as the first to re-launch her popular book club. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns, HO) JUNE 28, 2003 A4 Photo: Winfrey
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Television host Oprah Winfrey arrives for the 76th annual Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Los Angeles. Winfrey will be a presenter during the telecast. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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This image released by Disney-ABC Domestic Television shows actor-director-producer Tyler Perry, left, with Oprah Winfrey, and co-hosts Kelly Ripa, second right, and Michael Strahan, right, on "Live with Kelly and Michael," on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC Domestic Television, David Russell)
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In this photo released by Warner Bros., Oprah Winfrey surprises Ellen DeGeneres with a video telephone call during taping of ìThe Ellen DeGeneres Showî in Burbank,Calif., on Thursday, March 19, 2009, and invites her to appear on the cover of ìOî magazine. This episode aired on Friday, March 20, 2009. (AP Photo C Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.)
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Oprah Winfrey, right, leads Quincy Jones, left, on the stage after speaking to induct him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
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U.S. talk show personality Oprah Winfrey with former South African President Nelson Mandela during the Agenda for Earth Turning Ceremony for The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa in Henley on Klip south of Johannesburg December 6,2002.The Oprah Winfrey Foundation will contribute 10 million U.S. dollars to build the academy REUTERS/Juda Ngwenya
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In this May 30, 2013 file photo Oprah Winfrey reacts after delivering the commencement address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on the National Mall that will document African-American life. The National Museum of African American History and Culture said the museumÃs 350-seat theater will be named after Winfrey. When itÃs finished in 2015, the museum will house artifacts including Harriet TubmanÃs shawl, Emmett TillÃs casket and a Jim Crow-era segregated railroad car.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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This Oct. 11, 2009 photo provided by Harpo Inc. shows Oprah Winfrey, right, along with show contributors Ali Wentworth, second right, and Gayle King, third right, as she takes part in one of the Super Midway games at the State Fair of Texas on Sunday, October 11, 2009. (AP Photo/via Harpo Inc., George Burns) NO SALES
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This file photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey holding an 18-month-old koala named Elvis at the Hamilton Island Wildlife Park in Whitsundays, Australia. Australia spent $4 million to host Winfrey and 300 of her fans on a weeklong trip down under. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions Inc., George Burns)
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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey acknowledges fans in Amarillo, Texas, in this Thursday, Jan. 22, 1998 file photo. AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Poet Maya Angelou, left, and television personality Oprah Winfrey, right, step on stage for their joint appearance during the 22nd annual Simmons Graduate School of Management day-long women's leadership conference, in Boston Saturday, May 5, 2001. Angelou and Winfrey recited a poem together in front of a sold-out crowd. (AP Photo/SEVANS)
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In this Sept. 21, 2011 photo released by Harpo Inc., TV personality Oprah Winfrey and rocker Steven Tyler are shown at Tyler's lakefront home in Lake Sunapee, N.H. during the filming of an interview for "Oprah's Next Chapter." (AP Photo/Harpo, George Burns)
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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is surrounded by journalists at the Barack Obama Election Night Rally in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, November 4, 2008. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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Barack Obama gives a speech while campaigning with Oprah Winfrey at Hy-Vee Hall on Saturday, December 8, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (David Purdy/MCT)
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Martina McBride joins Oprah Winfrey as she tapes her show at the State Fair of Texas on October 12, 2009. (Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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Aretha Franklin and Oprah Winfrey acknowledge fans during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Sept. 3., 2008 file photo, Oprah Winfrey, center, hugs Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin, as some of the 150 Olympians invited look on for the taping of the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago's Millennium Park. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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In this photo taken Nov. 20, 2009 and released by Harpo Productions, Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, talks with Vicky Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, in her first television interview since her husband's passing during taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." (AP Photo/Harpo Productions Inc., George Burns)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 and released Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by Harpo Productions, Inc., seen is talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, second from right, with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her daughters, Willow, right, and Piper, left, during the taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago. Harpo Productions, George Burns.
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In this photo provided by Harpo, Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey poses with former world champion boxers Mike Tyson, right, and Evander Holyfield on a live episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc. George Burns)
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In this Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 file photo, photo provided by Harpo Productions, ESPN college football sideline reporter Erin Andrews, left, talks with television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey during a taping for an upcoming showin Chicago. In the interview, which airs Sept. 11, Andrews tells Winfrey that having secretly videotaped nude footage of her distributed on the Internet was a "nightmare." (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, George Burns)
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Oprah Winfrey, right, and actor Sean Penn wave to photographers during Winfrey's visit to a camp for people displaced by the devastating 2010 earthquake at what was once a golf club in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. Winfrey is visiting the settlement camp run by Penn and his aid group J/P HRO. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Oprah Winfrey delivers the commencement address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 30, 2013. She earlier received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Oprah Winfrey holds her hand up to high-five graduates as she walks during the procession at Harvard University commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 30, 2013. Winfrey later received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Oprah Winfrey from her book "Make the Connection" with sports physiologist Bob Greene. 1996
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This is a copy of the cover of the Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 1989 issue of TV Guide, featuring talk show queen Oprah Winfrey's face superimposed on actress Ann-Margret's body. The illustration was not identified as a composite. In the world of magazines, the use of such digital manipulation has launched a furious debate over the ethics of digital makeovers, pitting artistic freedom against image control. (AP Photo/files) Identity:Talk Show Host; People: Oprah Winfrey Oprah on a copy of the cover issue of the TV Guide
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Oprah Winfrey presents the award for best documentary feature during the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Tom Hanks talks to Oprah Winfrey during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is ending its run May 25, after 25 years, and millions of her fans around the globe are waiting to see how she will close out a show that spawned a media empire. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Tom Cruise, right, appears with Oprah Winfrey during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is ending its run May 25, after 25 years, and millions of her fans around the globe are waiting to see how she will close out a show that spawned a media empire. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Television host Oprah Winfrey and senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett listen as U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks at a dinner in support Chicago hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sits with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, at the opening ceremonies of the the 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session and XIII Olympic Congress at the Copenhagen Opera House, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, in Copenhagen.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
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Oprah Winfrey, who was the first recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, fights back tears at the 54th Annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium Sunday September 22, 2002, in Los Angeles, California.