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Submitted by Associated Press on April 8, 2011
NEWNAN, Ga. – Movie mogul Tyler Perry delivered on a Christmas promise when he handed the keys of a new four-bedroom house to an 88-year-old woman who lost her rural Georgia home to a fire.
Rosa Lee Ransby and her seven grand- and great-grandchildren lost their home a week before Christmas.
Perry saw the story on a local television newscast and decided to rebuild the house. He also fully furnished it.
More than 20 family members attended ceremony in rural Coweta County on Friday.
Submitted by Alexis Sezar on December 9, 2009
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry's mother, a longtime preschool teacher who inspired his popular Madea character, has died. She was 64.
"Willie Maxine Perry. February 12, 1945 to December 8, 2009. Thank you for all your prayers," Perry wrote Tuesday on his official Web site.
The talented actor and producer did not reveal the cause of death.
Perry's mother taught at the New Orleans Jewish Community Center for most of her life. He previously admitted that she was the inspiration behind one of his most popular characters.
"My mother is the wisdom of Madea," he said in a 2006 interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Submitted by Dave Paris on November 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the NAACP, the largest gift in history by an individual entertainer to the country's oldest and largest civil rights organization.
"I feel so honored and blessed to be in a position where I can give to the NAACP," said the 40-year-old star. "Had it not been for the perseverance and vision of the thousands who came before me in the 100 years of this legendary organization, I would not be in the position I am in today. I continue to be thankful for the tireless work of the NAACP, and I am proud to be able to help in their mission to fight for the equality of all people, and to work towards the elimination of discrimination against race."
Submitted by Rich King on October 26, 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Tyler Perry has fired back at Spike Lee after the Do the Right Thing director questioned his work.
In May, Lee dismissed Perry's TBS sitcoms Meet the Browns and House of Payne as "coonery" and "buffoonery" during an interview with Ed Gordon on Our World with Black Enterprise.
Submitted by Alexis Sezar on October 6, 2009
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry is opening up about his horrific past, revealing that he was sexually and physically abused as a child.
In an emotional open letter posted on his Web site, Perry confesses that "as I child I always thought I would die before I grew up." The New Orleans native tells his fans that many of his childhood emotions recently came out after watching a screening of "Precious," a movie that he executive produced with Oprah Winfrey. In the midst of seeing the film, which centers around a 16-year-old girl who is physically and emotionally abused, Perry says he realized "a large part of my childhood had just played out before my eyes."
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