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(Credit: AP) (CBS/AP) CHICAGO - Star-spotting in Chicago must have been a blast Tuesday as many of the biggest celebrities in the world appeared at Oprah Winfrey's farewell double episode.
Aretha Franklin, retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan, Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Patti LaBelle were just some of the stars who came onstage to pay tribute to Winfrey, who's ending her talk show after 25 years.
Winfrey wiped away tears as celebrity after celebrity surprised her during a farewell double-episode taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that will precede her finale.
"Thank you is not enough, but thank you," Winfrey told the crowd of 13,000 gathered at Chicago's United Center on Tuesday night for "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular." "For your love and your support, thank you."
"You always had the power, and that is the message you brought into our lives," Cruise told Winfrey.
Winfrey's longtime partner, Stedman Graham, introduced Franklin after telling Winfrey he loved her and was proud of her.
The stadium was decorated with pictures of Winfrey at seminal moments over the course of her talk show. Boxes of tissues were on scattered seats throughout the audience.
Harpo Productions received more than 154,000 ticket requests for seats to Tuesday's event. Tickets were free and distributed to fans through a lottery.
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