Oprah Winfrey pays tribute to her father as he dies aged 88 Oprah Winfrey got candid for Pride Month in a rare admission about her family life as she opened up on Instagram about her late brother, Jeffrey Lee, who tragically died of AIDS in 1989 at the age of 29. Reflecting on the time around her little brother’s death, Oprah admitted: “The world was an extremely cruel place not just for people suffering from AIDS but also for LGBTQ people in general. The media mogul let herself get carried away in daydreams as she pictured what her brother’s reaction to the modern world might be if he had lived: “I often think if he’d lived be so amazed at how much the world has changed.
That there actually is gay marriage and a Pride Month! “How different his life might have been had he lived in these times in a world that saw and appreciated him for who he was rather than attempting to shame him for his sexuality.” Dressed in a rainbow sweater for the occasion, the 70-year-old ended her touching video message by wishing viewers a good Pride Month and the “continued freedom to rise to the truest, highest expression of yourself as a human being”. READ MORE: Camilla is giving Oprah Winfrey a run for her money with new initiative Oprah Winfrey got candid about her brother's death in a touching video message (Image: Oprah Winfrey Instagram) Despite having been in the spotlight for decades as one of TV’s most famous faces, Oprah has managed to keep her family life far from th.
