Oprah Winfrey’s mother Vernita Lee has died in her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thanksgiving. She was 83.
A spokeswoman for Winfrey issued a statement saying Lee died on November 22. The spokeswoman said private funeral services had already been held. No other details were provided.
Lee was a teenager when she gave birth to Winfrey in Mississippi in 1954. They moved to Milwaukee when Winfrey was six years old.
Lee was featured getting a makeover on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1990.
Lee is also survived by another daughter, Patricia Amanda, and four grandchildren. She also had two other children - son Jeffrey Lee, who died in 1989 and daughter Patricia Lee Lloyd, who died in 2003.
The talk show host posted two videos on her Instagram page from Thanksgiving. She has not been active on social media since.
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