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| US actor Matthew Perry has died at the age of 54, according to police sources | US actor Matthew Perry has died at the age of 54, according to police sources |
| American actor Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing in a hugely popular 90s sitcom 'Friends', was found dead in a hot-tub at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, law enforcement sources told TMZ and NBC. | American actor Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing in a hugely popular 90s sitcom 'Friends', was found dead in a hot-tub at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, law enforcement sources told TMZ and NBC. |
| Perry’s body was allegedly found in a jacuzzi at his LA-area home, with no foul play suspected and no drugs found at the scene, police sources told TMZ. | Perry’s body was allegedly found in a jacuzzi at his LA-area home, with no foul play suspected and no drugs found at the scene, police sources told TMZ. |
| The incident was treated as a “water rescue,” according to a law enforcement source cited by NBC. Police sources also confirmed Perry’s death to the Rolling Stone. | The incident was treated as a “water rescue,” according to a law enforcement source cited by NBC. Police sources also confirmed Perry’s death to the Rolling Stone. |
| A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said that officers “responded at 4:10 this afternoon to a death investigation for a male in his 50s.” However, authorities have yet to officially confirm the identity of the deceased or details of the incident. | |
| Perry, a Canadian-American actor, comedian and producer, was born on August 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario where his Canadian born mother, Suzanne Morrison, a journalist who served as the press secretary for the former Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau, moved following a divorce from his father, John Bennett Perry, an American actor. | |
| He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 15 to pursue an acting career and first appeared in TV series ‘Second Chance’ before making his big screen debut in ‘A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon’. | |
| While ‘Friends’ sitcom appears to be his biggest claim to fame, he also starred in multiple memorable films, mostly comedies, such as ‘Fools Rush In’, alongside his father and Salma Hayek, ‘The Whole Nine Yards’, alongside Bruce Willis, ‘Three to Tango’, ‘The Kid’, ’17 Again’, ‘Getting In’ and many others. | |
| Perry also acted in various TV shows – ‘Boys Will Be Boys’, ‘Growing Pains’, ‘Silver Spoons’, ‘Charles in Charge’, ‘Sydney’, ‘Beverly Hills, 9020’, Home Free’ and more. | |
| His roles in ‘West Wing and The Ron Clark Story’ earned him both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. | |
| Despite his humorous side that made him famous, Perry’s life was marred by his struggle with drugs and alcohol. He was hooked on painkiller Vicodin for years and had been in and out of rehabs even when filming ‘Friends’. | |
| He opened up about his struggles in his memoir ‘Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing’, published last year that became a best-seller on both Amazon and New York Times charts. | |
| Although Mattew Perry became completely sober a year ago, his appearance during the ‘Friends’ reunion show drew concerns from his fans as he appeared unwell, slurring words and looking disorientated. | |
| He never married, but was briefly engaged to Molly Hurwitz, a literary manager, before calling off the engagement in June 2021. |