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Oprah Winfrey Trivia
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- #1 Pop Culture Icon on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons", beating out Superman and Elvis.
- In addition to being a news anchor on WJZ-TV13 in Baltimore Maryland, She was a Co-host with Richard Sher (A reporter) on a local talk show on that station. It was called: People are Talking.
- Febuary 2003- She is added to Forbes Billionare list, making her the first African American woman to do so.
- Was sued by Texas cattlemen who claimed that Oprah defamed beef on her talk show. The case went to trial, causing Oprah to have to relocate her show's production to Amarillo, TX for the duration of the trial. She was found not liable.
- Announced that Oprah would receive $130,000,000 for continuing her talk show through the 1999-2000 TV season. [15 September 1997]
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