CHICAGO (AP) — Oprah Winfrey closed the final
episode of her famous talk show by telling the audience it wasn't the end. Winfrey signed off saying that it wasn't
"goodbye," but just "until we meet again." She then hugged
and kissed her longtime partner Stedman Graham and shook hands with audience
members. Winfrey then walked through the halls of Harpo
Studios in Chicago, hugging and crying with her staff. She shouted "We did
it!" The last shot of the finale showed Winfrey with her
cocker spaniel, Sadie. Winfrey walked on stage at the start of the show to
a standing ovation from her studio audience. She thanked the viewers for
watching for a quarter of a century. Winfrey announced in November 2009 that she would
end "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Copyright
2011 The Associated Press.
