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Man Oprah Cried On at Election Rally Identified
Thursday November 6, 2008

Oprah Winfrey and Sam Perry
Oprah Winfrey attends the Barack Obama Election Night Rally in Grant Park, Chicago, IL, USA on November 4, 2008.
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Oprah's crying shoulder has been identified.

The man she was photographed sobbing on during President Elect Barack Obama's Grant Park rally, is volunteer Sam Perry, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Thursday.

According to the Sun-Times, Perry will appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday.

“He’s a great, great [Obama] supporter,” Giselle Schmitz, regional field director for the Obama campaign told the paper. “He did a ton of work on the campaign.”

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Schmitz described Perry as “a great guy” and “tremendous asset to the organization."

Perry didn't immediately return an e-mail from The Associated Press and a Silicon Valley area telephone listing for Sam Perry was being changed Thursday.

Oprah called Perry “Mr. Man” on Wednesday's show, and thanked him for his support.

"Friends around the country called me and said, 'Who is with you?' " Winfrey said.

She continued: "I don't know who this guy is," she said, holding up a photo of the man. "But he was very nice to me. At one point I was just sobbing on his shoulder, mascara everywhere."

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