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Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire, and she has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
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Inside tragic Whitney Houston's crack binges - mysterious injuries and falling out teeth
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mirror.co.ukShe had the voice, the looks and the charisma, but by the time of her death, drug addiction had robbed Whitney Houston of everything she had.
The superstar's £76million fortune was gone and her debts were spiralling as the once brilliant singer struggled to feed her addiction to crack cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs.
In 2009, Whitney - who would have turned 57 today - came clean about her demons, admitting her drug use escalated after her marriage to Bobby Brown and hit 1992 movie, The Bodyguard. "After The Bodyguard it started getting heavy - cocaine, marijuana," she told chat show host Oprah Winfrey. "We were lacing our marijuana with base (cocaine).
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