Winfrey, Lee 1932-2003
WINFREY, Lee 1932-2003
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born July 7, 1932, in Knoxville, TN; died March 31, 2003, in Philadelphia, PA. Journalist, critic, educator, and author. Winfrey was a reporter who became most well known for his writings as a television critic. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he earned a B.S. in 1966, and the University of Iowa, where he received a master's degree in 1968. He also attended graduate school at Harvard from 1971 to 1972. Winfrey got his start as a reporter for the Nashville Tennessean during the late 1950s. This was followed by stints at the Knoxville News-Sentinel and the Miami Herald. From 1966 to 1968 he worked as an instructor at the University of Iowa before returning as a journalist for the Detroit Free Press. In 1972 he started writing his syndicated column, "On Television," and was elected president of the Television Critics Association the next year.
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Washington Post, April 7, 2003, p. B6.