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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - Oprah Winfrey made a rare public appearance to honor her "angel friend" — late teen poet and peace activist Mattie Stepanek.
"Mattie lived the biggest, greatest life of anyone I've ever known. He lived his life with the light of love, and each of us has the power to do that in our own way," Winfrey told 200 people gathered Sunday at Borders books on State Street.
The event was a celebration of 13-year-old Stepanek of Maryland, who published several books and was a guest and friend of Winfrey's before his death from muscular dystrophy in 2004.
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