Oprah Winfrey’s father dies days after family celebration

(Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey’s father, Vernon, has died, the doyenne of daytime discuss stated on her Instagram account on Saturday, simply days after she stated the household was capable of honor her father.

“Yesterday with household surrounding his bedside, I had the sacred honor witnessing the person accountable for my life, take his final breath. We may really feel Peace enter the room at his passing,” Winfrey wrote within the put up.

Vernon Winfrey was born in 1933, she stated.

TMZ reported Vernon, 88, who owned and operated Winfrey Barber & Magnificence Store for greater than 50 years, died after a battle with most cancers on Friday evening.

Earlier this week, Oprah Winfrey stated on Instagram the household had deliberate a shock “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day” yard barbecue to have his associates rejoice him as he was in poor health. Her father thought it was meant to be a Fourth of July celebration, she stated within the video.

Oprah Winfrey parlayed a Chicago tv discuss present right into a media empire that expanded into film manufacturing, magazines, cable TV and satellite tv for pc radio, making her one of many world’s richest girls.

(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis in Washington; Modifying by Sandra Maler)