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‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dead at age 54 of apparent drowning: report
NY Post ^ | 10/28/23 | Patrick Reilly and Andrew Court

Posted on 10/28/2023 5:52:55 PM PDT by workerbee

Matthew Perry has died at the age of 54, TMZ has reported.

The beloved “Friends” star was reportedly discovered dead in the jacuzzi of a home in Los Angeles’ ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that first-responders rushed to the address with the call first reported as a cardiac arrest.

They added that no drugs found at the scene and no foul play is suspected.

In a statement, the Los Angeles Police Department stated: “We responded to the 1800 block of Blue Sail Rd for a death investigation on a male 4:10 pm this afternoon. He was in his 50s.”

Perry had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, and opened up about his addictions in a memoir titled “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” which was published last year.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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1 posted on 10/28/2023 5:52:55 PM PDT by workerbee
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To: workerbee

This makes me incredibly sad. I loved Chandler! Though why Monica picked him over Tom Selleck is still beyond me. ;)

RIP, Funny Man. Thanks for all the laughs. Sorry your struggles in life were so horrible. :(


2 posted on 10/28/2023 5:59:30 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: workerbee

book not doing that well???


3 posted on 10/28/2023 6:01:01 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Tom’s character, a smart guy who already had kids and wife divorced him, didn’t want more kids in his late 40s.


4 posted on 10/28/2023 6:02:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

it is sad

it looked like he was finally turning his life around, too

54 is young

RIP Matthew Perry


5 posted on 10/28/2023 6:04:02 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

+1


6 posted on 10/28/2023 6:08:12 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: canuck_conservative

Yes, very sad.


7 posted on 10/28/2023 6:13:12 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: workerbee

Another ‘died suddenly’ case. Gee, thanks for nothing pfizer and moderna.


8 posted on 10/28/2023 6:24:16 PM PDT by Boomer (The Long Winter is coming...)
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To: Boomer

More likely Purdue.


9 posted on 10/28/2023 6:26:44 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

Free Audio Book Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
by Matthew Perry Part One (audiobook)
5:24:33
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1.22K subscribers
879 views
August 11, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LySIVDc7_xg


10 posted on 10/28/2023 6:27:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Boomer

Stop it……sad but died suddenly has been around a long time .

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11 posted on 10/28/2023 6:29:56 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Very sad. I’m Gen X —but never watched a single episode of Friends. That being said, I still thought Matthew Perry had that kind of nerdy smart guy hotness that drives me nuts, and he’s a year younger than I am — so I’m also very thankful for not dabbling that much in the chemicals.

Sad. I pray that he is in a better place.


12 posted on 10/28/2023 6:34:20 PM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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To: workerbee

Very tragic. I have a good friend who used to be his girlfriend, but maintained their friendship to today. He overcame many chemical demons and lost a lot of weight. What a shame.


13 posted on 10/28/2023 6:42:09 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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btw, LOTTA f-bombs. Even I had to shut it down for a while.

That said, the poignant introduction is worth listening to with the retrospect of his passing.


14 posted on 10/28/2023 6:45:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: workerbee

I’m really, really sad about this. What a gifted actor he was with a tormented soul. RIP, Matthew.


15 posted on 10/28/2023 6:47:49 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: workerbee

His history suggests his heart would have taken quite a beating over the years. People with some heart and/or blood pressure issues need to stay out of hot tubs. It is very, very easy in a short time to have plummeting BP. My doctor told me of one case he knew.


16 posted on 10/28/2023 6:49:32 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Years ago I sat in a hot tub too long…..I could not stand up to get out without help .

Frightening .

….l


17 posted on 10/28/2023 6:56:54 PM PDT by Mears
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To: workerbee
I can hear him asking, "Could this be any more tragic?"

I'll miss the guy.

18 posted on 10/28/2023 6:59:06 PM PDT by x
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the YT link to his book.

His mother was the press secretary to “the gallivanting” Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.


19 posted on 10/28/2023 7:05:06 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Mears

No it hasn’t. Heart attacks, strokes cancer … I don’t know anyone who just died suddenly of nothing.


20 posted on 10/28/2023 7:11:23 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored )
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