Matthew Perry one of the stars of ‘Friends’ has died at the age of 54
According to the report by TMZ, law enforcement sources stated that Matthew Perry was found Saturday at an L.A.-area home where he appears to have drowned. TMZ sources say first responders rushed over on a call for cardiac arrest.
Matthew Perry, according to TMZ sources, actually died at his own house after some physical activity this morning. He was found in a jacuzzi at the home, and no drugs were found at the scene, no foul play involved.
Sources revealed that Matthew Perry came home sometime in the morning after a 2-hour round of pickleball, and he sent his assistant out on an errand shortly thereafter. When the assistant returned about 2 hours later, he discovered Matthew unresponsive and called 911, TMZ reported.
Perry is most famous for his role as Chandler Bing on the hit ’90s sitcom, which ran for 10 seasons and with him in all 234 episodes. His character was a fan fave, as was his performance mannerisms and lines of which have gone on to be recreated and spoofed by fans all over the world. One comes to mind, in particular … “Could (blank) BE more ..”
While ‘Friends’ was his biggest claim to fame, Perry had starred/guest starred in countless other TV shows over the years, such as ‘Boys Will Be Boys,’ ‘Growing Pains,’ ‘Silver Spoons,’ ‘Charles in Charge,’ ‘Sydney,’ ‘Beverly Hills, 90210,’ ‘Home Free,’ ‘Ally McBeal,’ ‘The West Wing,’ ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,’ ‘Go On,’ ‘The Odd Couple’ and more.
He had also acted in a handful of memorable films (mostly comedy) … like ‘Fools Rush In,’ ‘The Whole Nine Yards,’ ‘Three to Tango,’ ‘The Kid,’ ’17 Again,’ ‘Getting In,’ and many others. He’s been off the scene more recently … not having acted since a TV mini series in 2017.
While his onscreen persona was affable and upbeat, Matthew suffered mightily behind the scenes, notably, from his addiction to drugs and alcohol, pain killers, specifically. He was hooked on Vicodin for years — even while on ‘Friends’ and had been in and out of rehab.
Matthew opened up about this painful chapter of his life in a memoir he put out last year — where he detailed the struggles he had, including his clear weight-loss/gain on the show.
During his press run for his book Matthew did a number of interviews where he got incredibly emotional — including one with Diane Sawyer, where he detailed his story.
Matthew never married, but he was briefly engaged to Molly Hurwitz a couple years ago … which came to an end after only 6 months. Before that, he’d been linked to Lizzy Caplan.
He was 54 years old.