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AARP The Magazine Exclusive: Tyler Perry's Journey From Homelessness to Award-Winning Success

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP The Magazine sat down with bestselling author and award-winning actor and producer Tyler Perry (whose new project 'A Jazzman's Blues' premieres on Netflix late 2022) to discuss his rise to billionaire status and becoming one of the entertainment industry's most influential and inspiring leaders. Perry goes back to the start, exploring his abusive childhood and those who helped him find his passion as well as determination. He shares about the challenges that led to him living out of his car before he was finally able to catch a break, and the community he built around him from friends following the same dream. A well-known philanthropist, Perry discusses the creation of The Tyler Perry Foundation (for which he was awarded an honorary 2023 AARP Purpose Prize Award) that offers money to help people overcome the obstacles that he, too, once faced.

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  • Perry goes back to the start, exploring his abusive childhood and those who helped him find his passion as well as determination.
  • The following are excerpts from ATM's August/ September 2022 cover story featuring Tyler Perry.
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AARP Announces 2023 Purpose Prize® Award Winners and Fellows; Award-Winning Filmmaker and Actor Tyler Perry to Receive Honorary Purpose Prize

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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WASHINGTON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AARP announced its 2023 AARP Purpose Prize award recipients. The one-of-a-kind national award honors people age 50-plus who have proven that they are using their knowledge and life experience to make a difference. Five AARP Purpose Prize Winners who have founded a non-profit will receive $50,000 for their organization. In addition, 10 AARP Purpose Prize Fellows and their organizations will be recognized with an award of $10,000. All award recipients will also receive a year of technical support to help broaden the scope of their organization's work.

Key Points: 
  • Five AARP Purpose Prize Winners who have founded a non-profit will receive $50,000 for their organization.
  • In addition, 10 AARP Purpose Prize Fellows and their organizations will be recognized with an award of $10,000.
  • All award recipients will also receive a year of technical support to help broaden the scope of their organization's work.
  • Alongside the Purpose Prize winners and fellows, AARP will present critically acclaimed filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and philanthropist Tyler Perry with an honorary Purpose Prize Award for his founding and leadership of The Perry Foundation .