Photos: Oprah Winfrey through the years
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Oprah Winfrey joins Roger King, left, chairman of the board of King World, and Joseph Ahern, right, former general manager of WLS-TV, at a news conference in Chicago in July 24, 1985 where it was announced that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be syndicated nation-wide beginning Sept. of 1986. (AP Photo/Charlie Bennet)