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Vol. 87 / No. 18April 24, 2017

On the Cover

44 HEATH LEDGER

51 OPRAH WINFREY

54 TORI SPELLING

60 THE CHEERLEADER

& THE HIT MAN

ON THE COVERPhotograph by John Stanton/Contour by Getty Images.

Insets: (Spelling) Elizabeth Messina; (Winfrey) Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage

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Nine years after

Heath Ledger’s

death, members of

his inner circle share

memories of his

zest for life and his

troubled final days.

51

Oprah opens up

about her role in a new

HBO film and her

own journey to self-

acceptance.

FROM LEFT: STEVE GRANITZ/WIREIMAGE;KWAKU ALSTON/GETTY IMAGES