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"A tearful Oprah Winfrey announced the end of her talk show in 2011 to her studio audience in Chicago Friday morning. &amp;quot;After much prayer and months of careful thought, I have decided that next season,&amp;quot; her 25th, &amp;quot;will be the last season of the Oprah Winfrey Show.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe 55 year-old talk show host recalls that she was &amp;quot;beyond excited&amp;quot; when the show began nationally in September 1986. Yet, &amp;quot;I never would have imagined the yellow brick road of blessings&amp;quot; that the blockbuster show has brought her. A multibillionaire today, her holdings include a magazine and an upcoming cable network.\r\nNearly breaking down, she says, &amp;quot;You have enriched my life beyond all measure.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;You have all invited me into your lives,&amp;quot; she continues. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve grown together. I want you all to know that my relationship with you is one that I hold very dear. Your trust in me, your sharing your precious time with me . . . has brought me the greatest joy that I have ever known.&amp;quot;\r\nEager to dispel speculation, Winfrey explains why she&amp;apos;s made this momentous decision now:\r\n&amp;quot;25 years feels right in my bones and my spirit. It&amp;apos;s the perfect number, the exact right time.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nPromising a final season that will &amp;quot;knock your socks off,&amp;quot; she concludes, &amp;quot;the countdown to the end of the Oprah Winfrey Show starts now. I am going to soak up every beautiful, joyful moment with you.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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