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Oprah Winfrey launched her network OWN in 2011. Her TV network has managed to reach 70.3 percent of all American households

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Illustration on the messianic role ascribed by some to Oprah Winfrey by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Oprah Winfrey, 63, proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American, the greatest black philanthropist in American history. Several assessments rank her as the most influential woman in the world. (AP Photo)

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Oprah Winfrey, 63 - Actress, Director/Producer, Entrepreneur, Personality Net Worth: $3.1 Billion Source of Wealth: TV network

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Media mogul Oprah Winfrey gave an odd campaign pitch for Hillary Clinton by telling a "TJ Jakes Show" crowd, "You don't have to like her." The interview is set to air on OWN Oct. 27. (Oprah Winfrey Network screenshot)

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Jaspen Boothe is saluted by Oprah Winfrey.

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Oprah Winfrey speaks during a special screening of Winfrey's upcoming landmark television series "Belief" at the UN on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015 in New York. "Belief," exploring faiths and cultures around the world, will air for seven consecutive nights October 18-24 on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. (Amy Sussman/AP Images for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

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Tyler Perry, above at the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network 2015 upfront presentation in New York, has scored record ratings for the network with his series "The Haves & The Have Nots." (Photo by Mark Von Holden/AP for OWN)

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2015 file photo, Ava DuVernay, director of "Selma," attends the National Board of Review awards gala in New York. DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey are creating a drama series for Winfrey's TV channel. The project is inspired by the Natalie Baszile novel "Queen Sugar," the OWN channel said Monday, Feb. 2. Winfrey will serve as executive producer and will play a recurring role _ the first time she's acted in a series for OWN, the network said. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Oprah Winfrey locks arms with some of the cast of the new movie "Selma" as they march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Attorney General Eric Holder and businessman Stedman Graham (better known as Oprah Winfrey's partner).

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Matthew Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State assistant coach and convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky, is breaking his silence for the first time since his father's trial in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey. (OWN)

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are pictured with Oprah Winfrey during a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show at Harpo Studios in Chicago, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., hugs his wife Michelle as they are joined by Oprah Winfrey during a rally in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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FILE - In this May 17, 2011 file photo, Maya Angelou, left, and Oprah Winfrey laugh during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," in Chicago. Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, has died, Wake Forest University said in a statement Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. Angelou was a mentor to Winfrey, whom she befriended when Winfrey was still a local television reporter, and often appeared on her friend's talk show program. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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FILE - In this file photo released by Nasdaq, Oprah Winfrey, right, and Maya Angelou appear at the ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell in New York. Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, has died, Wake Forest University said in a statement Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. Angelou was a mentor to Winfrey, whom she befriended when Winfrey was still a local television reporter, and often appeared on her friend's talk show program. (AP Photo/Nasdaq, Rob Tannenbaum, File)