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Matthew Perry, Friends Star, Dead at 54

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Tragic news out of Hollywood this evening.


Matthew Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing on Friends, has died.


He was 54.

Actor Matthew Perry attends the world premiere of the Universal Feature


According to TMZ, the beloved actor was found Saturday at an L.A.- area home.


“We’re told he appears to have drowned,” the outlet says of the apparent cause of death.

Matthew Perry at 2016 Summer TCAs


“Our sources say first-responders rushed over on a call for cardiac arrest,” TMZ adds. 


“It’s unclear where exactly on the grounds this happened.”


The source added that Perry was found in a jacuzzi at the premises.


“We’re told there were no drugs found at the scene.”

Matthew Perry Chandler Bing Dance Pic - Friends


“We’re also told there is no foul play involved,” the outlet says.


Perry shot to fame for his portrayal of Chandler on the NBC comedy series Friends.


Premiering in the ’90s, the blockbuster series made stars out of him and co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Courteney Cox.


Perry had been vocal about his history of drug and alcohol abuse, opening up about his addictions in his 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.

The Cast of Friends 1999-2000 Season


“I wanted to share when I was safe from going into the dark side of everything again,” he told PEOPLE a year ago while promoting the book. 


“I had to wait until I was pretty safely sober — and away from the active disease of alcoholism and addiction — to write it all down.


“And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people.”


The actor also shed light on how he suffered from a gastrointestinal perforation and spent weeks fighting for his life after his colon burst from opioid overuse.

Matthew Perry at Kennedys After Camelot Event


He revealed that he spent two weeks in a coma and five months in the hospital.


“The doctors told my family that I had a 2 percent chance to live,” he told the magazine.


“I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs.


“And that’s called a Hail Mary. No one survives that.”

Friends Special Episode Pic


Perry’s big break on Friends occurred at age 24, with him noting that his alcohol addiction was just beginning.


“I could handle it, kind of. But by the time I was 34, I was really entrenched in a lot of trouble,” Perry shared.


“But there were years that I was sober during that time. Season 9 was the year that I was sober the whole way through.


“And guess which season I got nominated for best actor? I was like, ‘That should tell me something.'”

Matthew Perry at Teen Awards Gala


In the book, he revealed that he started drinking at 14.


“Acting was another one of my drugs,” he wrote.


“And it didn’t do the damage that alcohol was already starting to do. In fact, it was getting harder and harder to wake up after a night of drinking.”


While Perry’s most iconic role is Chandler Bing, he also had memorable roles in fellow broadcast TV comedies Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Odd Couple, Mr. Sunshine, and Go On.

Matthew Perry attends


He was also well-known on the big screen with movies Fools Rush In, Almost Heroes, The Whole Nine Yards, 17 Again, and The Ron Clark Story.


He was born Matthew Langford Perry on August 19, 1969, to parents John Bennett Perry and Suzanne Langford in Plymouth, Massachusetts.


At age 15, Perry moved from Ottawa to Los Angeles to break into acting and attended The Buckley School.

Matthew Perry attends 32nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards at NYU Skirball Center


His first TV credit was on an episode of 240-Robert in 1979.


We want to extend our thoughts and prayers to Matthew Perry’s friends and family during this difficult time.


May he rest in peace.

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