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BLACK HISTORY/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, February 13, 1997
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H.S. dropout Cosby
got college degrees
r ick in the 1950s,
josby dropped out
of high school and
joined the Navy. Years later, he
went to college on a football
scholarship. Not exactly the
most auspicious beginning for
a man who would later become
one of the nation’s richest
entertainers.
After college, Cosby started
performing stand-up routines
(“Fat Albert” and “Weird
Harold”), which were a night
club draw in the ‘60s. Within a
couple of years, he was co-star-
ring with Robert Culp in the
adventure series I Spy (1965-
68); his performance earned
him three of his five Emmys.
Cosby’s stature at that time
was a breakthrough for blacks,
and he continued to press the
frontier with television and
Cosby
comedy successes (his albums
were frequent Grammy hon-
orees). During the ‘80s, the
endearing comedian had the
nation’s top-rated 'TV series.
Winfrey tops in TV
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thanks to Daley’s fat-free food
and Greene’s strenuous daily
workouts. In 1995, a newly
svelte Winfrey competed in the
Marine Corps Marathon in
Washington, D.C. - and fin
ished with an admirable time.
Her 'TV audience had wit
nessed the transformation
first-hand, and, when Daley
and Greene each published
Winfrey-related books, viewers
made them immediate best
sellers. For the record,
Winfrey’s ideal weight is 150
pounds.
Winfrey shares her good for
tune - to the tune of millions
of dollars - with several chari
ties. The largest financial
recipients are educational
institutions - including her
alma mater, Tennessee State
University - and her own
Family for Better Lives foun
dation. She is a children’s
rights activist, and she stood
beside President Clinton when
he signed into law a 1994 bill
that Winfrey had proposed to
Congress.
'The bill’s goal was to create a
national database of convicted
child abusers. Spare time is
spent with longtime compan
ion Stedman Graham, a public
relations executive to whom
Winfrey has been engaged
since 1992, and her beloved
cocker spaniel, Solomon. 1110
couple (and dog) reside pri
marily in a penthouse condo
minium overlooking Lake
Michigan, and they take vaca
tions at Winfrey’s 160-acre
spread in Rolling Prairie, Ind.,
or at her 85-acre ranch near
Telluride, Colorado.
When not exercising or creat
ing her show, Winfrey turns
her attention to producing dra
matic films and television pro
gramming.
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In the ‘70s, Cosby returned
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