NASHVILLE, TN. (THECOUNT) — Oprah Winfrey is mourning the death of her father, Vernon Winfrey, who has passed away after battling cancer. He was 88.

One of Vernon’s longtime employees confirmed Vernon died Friday night in East Nashville, TN.

A local city councilman first broke the news.

Oprah had just been in town last weekend to visit her father.

In 2018, Vernita Lee, mother of the media mogul, died at 83.

Vernita died on Thanksgiving Day. She was born in 1935 in Mississippi.

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