Will Oprah Be Remembered in History

[Cheese]

I know it sounds dumb but with all of the success she has had in her career and all the money she has made do you think she will be remembered like Rockafella and Carnegie 100yr from now or be forgotten.

According to Forbes Oprah Banked:

2012: $165 million
2011: $290 million
2010: $315 million
2009: $275 million
2008: $275 million
2007: $260 million
2006: $225 million
2005: $225 million
2004: $210 million

How Oprah Made Her Money

 

[Baseball Choke]

I hope not.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

remembered as part of a niche category. like PT Barnum, let's say.

not history book category.

 

[LEWIS540]

Erm, no.

 

[Kerr Smash]

She's accomplished a lot and truly started from the bottom. Gotta give her that.

 

[FLYOVER BOSSMAN]

She'll be remembered in 100 years. Mostly for her exclusive with the TMNT.

 

[Rhood]

She's going to be remembered as a top 10 talk show host.

Along with:

Jerry Springer
Jenny Jones
Phil Donahue
Maury Povich
Riki Lake
Geraldo
Montel Williams

 

[The Clamburglar]

She could just pay everyone to remember.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

I will remember how nasty that Movie 'Beloved' was....

 

[The Clamburglar]

She's going to be remembered as a top 10 talk show host.

Along with:

Jerry Springer
Jenny Jones
Phil Donahue
Maury Povich
Riki Lake
Geraldo

No love for Montel?

Fuck your list.

 

[Sexy]

She ain't got shit on Maury.

 

[Rhood]

I knew I was forgetting someone lol

 

[Tigerknee]

Are you a huge Oprah fan ts?

 

[Stranger Come Knocking]

No love for Montel?

Fuck your list.

Richard Bey > all

 

[Cheese]

Are you a huge Oprah fan ts?

Nah, just was thinking about her for some reason and idea of what happens when she dies. I don't think she has kids but has built schools and shit. So what happens to her money when she passes.

But also curious to why she isn't compare to other media mogul like Herst and Tuner.

 

[Cheese]

She's going to be remembered as a top 10 talk show host.

Along with:

Jerry Springer
Jenny Jones
Phil Donahue
Maury Povich
Riki Lake
Geraldo
Montel Williams

 

[Rhood]

Morton Downey jr?
His show was way over the top to be taken seriously.
He also had a hard time keeping his composure.

Even the average internet troll would blow his fuse.

 

[HereticBD]

She'll be remembered in some form. Probably not as a media mogul, but more of a personality, and a ridiculous rags to riches story.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Doug Stanhope on Oprah: P.T. Barnum of the New Millennium.

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[drstrangelov]

Anybody with that kind of self made fortune will be remembered, especially as mass media becomes increasingly central in everyday life. She's a little lacking in controversy, though, for long term notoriety. There will be biographies written about her for a century or so after her death, but at some point she becomes just another rich person from the past who didn't stand for anything specific of note.