#triviatuesday - What esteemed American woman, born on this date, had a teenage crush on Beatle Paul McCartney?

What esteemed American woman, born on this date, had a teenage crush on Beatle Paul McCartney and years later shared the stage with him as a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center honors?

Happy 65th Birthday today, January 29, to talk show queen, actress, producer, philanthropist and woman-encouraged- to-run-for-the-US Presidency : Oprah Winfrey!

According to the IMDb entertainment website, Oprah received the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Award along with her teenage crush, rock icon Paul McCartney. Other recipients that year were Merle Haggard, Bill T. Jones and Jerry Herman.

Incidentally, the website’s biography of Oprah lists her other crush as Jackie Jackson of the Jackson 5.

Sources: IMBd website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001856/bio and the 2018 Chase’s Calendar of Events

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Fans can find lots of material about and by Oprah at MidPointe Library! Go to:

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