Tyler Perry Says He’s Killing Off Madea Character

American actor and film producer, Tyler Perry, has revealed that the iconic Madea character will be retired in 2019.

Perry, who has been playing the role of Madea for the past 20 years, made the revelation on the SiriusXM radio show,

According to Perry, Madea will make one last appearance in the forthcoming film, ‘Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral’, set to be released in 2019.

Madea is a thorough elderly black woman who isn’t afraid to throw hands when and if necessary, or voice her opinion regardless of whose ox is gored.

Since the character’s debut in 1999 in the play, ‘I Can Do Bad All by Myself’, it has grossed more than $500 million worldwide at the box office from 10 films.

Perry latest project, ‘Nobody’s Fool’, an upcoming comedy which he filmed and wrote, starring Tiffany Haddish and Whoopi Goldberg, is set to be released this November.