Oprah_ A Biography - Kitty Kelley [264]
Wisconsin: Oprah bought her mother, Vernita Lee, a condo in Milwaukee, at 1522 N. Prospect Avenue, through Overground Railroad LLC. In 2004, the condo was valued at $450,600.
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RECORDS: Transcript, testimony of Paul Natkin, on Aug. 15, 2000, in the case of Paul Natkin and Stephen Green v. Oprah Winfrey et al., case no. 1:99-cv-05367, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; death certificate, Patricia Lloyd, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
BOOKS: Robert Waldron, Oprah! (St. Martin’s Press, 1987); Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey, Make the Connection (Hyperion, 1996); Bill Adler, ed., The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey (Citadel Press, 1997).
ARTICLES: John Stratford, “Sex: The Three-Letter Word That Kept Oprah on Her Diet,” Star, Nov. 22, 1988; Judy Markey, “Opinionated Oprah!” Woman’s Day, Oct. 4, 1988; “Is That You, Oprah?” Tennessean, Nov. 16, 1988; Irene Sax, “The Once Fat Lady Sings,” Newsday, Nov. 16, 1988; Oprah Winfrey, “The Wind Beneath My Wings,” Essence, June 1989; “Oprah to Wait, Relate Weight’s Fate,” Nashville Banner, Nov. 16, 1988; Robin Abcarian, “Oh-Oh Oprah, Let’s Get a Little Perspective,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 7, 1988; Janet Sutter, “Oprah Pulls a Fast One, Tells How,” San Diego Union, Nov. 16, 1988; Bob Kerr, “Oprah Unveils Herself Free of Former Fat,” Providence Journal, Nov. 16, 1988; Dan Sperling and Lorrie Lynch, “Oprah’s Diet Rings Up Calls,” USA Today, Nov. 17, 1988; Clarissa Cruz, “Worth the Weight,” Entertainment Weekly, Nov. 17, 2000; “Big Gain, No Pain,” People Weekly, Jan. 14, 1991; Betsy A. Lehman, “Oprah Winfrey Shed Pounds but Fed a Weight-Loss Myth,” Boston Globe, Nov. 28, 1988; “Winfrey Wants Kids,” Baltimore Evening Sun, June 2, 1989; “An Oprah Show with Her Beau,” USA Today, Jan. 26, 1989; John Carmody, “The TV Column,” Washington Post, Nov. 17, 1988; Pat Colander, “Oprah Winfrey’s Odyssey: Talk Show Host to Mogul,” New York Times, Mar. 12, 1989; “Shedding Pounds with Liquids,” San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 15, 1989; Lorenzo Benet, “Sure Oprah Slimmed Down Fast, but Liquid Diets Aren’t Right for Everyone,” Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 28, 1988; Stephanie Young, “Liquid Diets,” Glamour, Apr. 1989; Marcia Ann Gillespie, “Winfrey Takes All,” Ms., Nov. 1988; Princess Simmons, “Oprah Loses Weight but Causes Concern,” Tennessean, Dec. 1, 1988; “New Woman,” Boston Herald, Dec. 19, 1988; Allan Johnson, “Oprah, Watch Out,” Chicago Tribune, May 12, 1989; “Phlabe Phobia,” New York Post, Nov. 12, 1988; Liz Smith, “Ackroyd Advises Bush on B-1,” San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 14, 1988; Karen G. Jackovich, “Take One,” People Weekly, Dec. 12, 1988; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 14, 1989; “Conventional Wisdom Watch,” Newsweek, Apr. 2, 1990; “Oprah! The Richest Woman on TV? How She Amassed Her $250 Million Fortune,” cover, TV Guide, Aug. 26–Sept. 1, 1989; Mark Shwed, “Where’s the Rest of Me?” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Aug. 29, 1989; Leslie Marshall, “The Intentional Oprah,” InStyle, Nov. 1998; “Oprah Splurges $10G in 2 Hours on Oversize Outfits,” Star, July 16, 1991; “Ask the Insider,” Star, Nov. 21, 1989; Ann Trebbe and Linda Stahl, “Despite Gains, Oprah Won’t End Flab Fight,” USA Today, Nov. 16, 1989; Monica Collins, “ ‘Real’ Is Oprah’s Appeal,” Boston Herald, Nov. 21, 1989; Richard Phillips, “Oprah’s Optifade,” Chicago Tribune, Nov. 16, 1989; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 7, 1990; Robert Feder, “ ‘If You Believe,’ Oprah Can Help,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 29, 1997; “Oprah Proves It’s Not Funny When You’re Fat,” National Enquirer, Mar. 8, 1994; Catherine McEvily Harris, “Ultimate Success Story,” Shape, Dec. 1996; Audrey Edwards, “Stealing the Show,” Essence, Oct. 1986; Charles Whitaker, “The Most Talked About TV Show Host,” Ebony, Mar. 1987; Julia Lawlor, “The Other Oprah,” USA Weekend, June 2–4, 1989; Abiola Sinclair, “The New Women of Brewster Place,” New York Amsterdam News, May 12, 1990; Norma Langly, “Oprah: I’ve Done It,” Star, Nov.