Oprah Winfrey random trivia

In April 2002, she her former personal trainer Bob Greene announce they are buying 7 shoreline lots from Getty Family Trust to build several homes, including one on 102-acre lot for Oprah. They plan to put conservation first and keep site development low key. Elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY Raised in abject poverty, she received her first pair of shoes in 1959 at age 6. She learned to read at age 2½. In fact, when it was time for her to start kindergarten, she wrote a note to her teacher insisting she should be in first grade. The teacher agreed and after finishing that grade she was then skipped to third grade.