Friends are reportedly “planning a special reunion” to honour their late co-star Matthew Perry.Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing on Friends, was found dead in his hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28. He was 54 years old.
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Hank Azaria paid tribute to his good friend Matthew Perry, crediting the Friends star with helping him get sober, in a video shared on Instagram.
“The night I went into AA, Matthew brought me in,” recalled Azaria, who recurred on Friends. “The whole first year I was sober, we went to meetings together… I got to tell him this, as a sober person, he was so caring and giving and wise, and he totally helped me get sober. And, I really wish he could’ve found it in himself to stay with the sober life more consistently.”
Azaria recalled the first time he met Perry. Both were actors on the pilot Morning Maggie.
“Matthew was the first friend I made in Los Angeles. When I moved there, I was 21; he was 16,” the actor said.
“Matthew and I became really good friends and we were really more like brothers for a long time,” he added. “We drank a lot together, we laughed a lot together, we were there for each other in the early days of our career.”
He recalled that as funny as Perry was on Friends, he was just as funny in real life, “someone who lived to laugh.” He also addressed the actor’s longtime struggle with substance abuse.
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“I really loved him. A lot of us who were close to him felt like we lost him to drugs and alcohol a long time ago because — as he documented in his autobiography — there was so much suffering,” he said.
“But it’s heartbreaking, for those of us who loved him and knew him really well, personally,” he added. “We just missed him. We just missed him. It’s one of the terrible things about this disease, is it just takes away the person you love.”
He concluded by saying, “As an actor, he was so brilliant. I just wish we – the
Friends are reportedly “planning a special reunion” to honour their late co-star Matthew Perry.Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing on Friends, was found dead in his hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28. He was 54 years old.
Friends, was found dead in his hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28. He was 54 years old.
Friends star Lisa Kudrow has thanked Matthew Perry for the 'best 10 years a person gets to have' in a heartbreaking tribute to her co-star. Lisa played Phoebe Buffay in the hit US comedy, which starred Matthew as Chandler Bing, for 10 series from 1994 to 2004.
Lisa Kudrow has paid tribute to her friend and co-star Matthew Perry following the tragic death of the late actor.
Perry before his death.“Shot the pilot, ‘Friends Like Us,’ got picked up then immediately, we were at the NBC Upfronts. Then …You suggested we play poker AND made it so much fun while we initially bonded. Thank you for that,” Kudrow, 60, captioned a photo of the two together Wednesday on Instagram.
David Schwimmer has recalled one of his 'favourite moments' with later friend and co-star Matthew Perry as he penned his own tribute following the actor's tragic death. Perry died aged 54 on October 28.
Friends co-star Matthew Perry.The actress, who portrayed Rachel Green in the US sitcom opposite Perry’s Chandler Bing, wrote in a lengthy note posted to Instagram today (November 15) that the loss has “cut deep” and has caused an “insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before”.Perry, 54, was found dead in his hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28.According to E! News the actor’s death certificate states that his cause of death is still “deferred” following the latest reports that his initial autopsy results were inconclusive. The toxicology report has since confirmed that his death was not caused by a methamphetamine or fentanyl overdose.Perry had longstanding substance abuse issues but it’s not yet known whether he was using at the time of his death or if another health issue was the cause or whether accidental drowning occurred.In Aniston’s fresh tribute she celebrates Perry’s funny nature and notes how much the Friends cast “loved him deeply” as a “chosen family that forever changed the course of who we were and what our path was going to be”.“Oh boy this one has cut deep…,” Aniston’s message begins.“Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before.
at the age of 54, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are ready to share their to their Friends costar Matthew Perry.Perry was found dead of an apparent drowning at his home in Los Angeles on October 28. Immediately following the news of his death, the famously tight-knit cast—Aniston, Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, and David Schwimmer— about the actor: “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew,” their statement, signed by all five stars, reads. “We were more than just cast mates.
Friends co-star Matthew Perry.Cox, who released a joint statement with her Friends co-stars shortly after Perry’s death, has now posted her own personal tribute on Instagram (November 14).In the post, the actor shared a clip from the sitcom where Chandler (Perry) and Monica (Cox) hook up for the first time – explaining how Perry encouraged her to add a “funny line” for the live audience.“I am so grateful for every moment I had with you Matty and I miss you every day,” Cox wrote. “When you work with someone as closely as I did with Matthew, there are thousands of moments I wish I could share. For now here’s one of my favourites.“To give a little backstory, Chandler and Monica were supposed to have a one night fling in London.
is mourning Matthew Perry, who played her husband on the NBC sitcom “Friends,” following his death on Oct. 28 at age 54.“I am so grateful for every moment I had with you Matty and I miss you every day,” she wrote via Instagram on Nov. 14.
Matt LeBlanc has paid a heartbreaking tribute to his late Friends co-star Matthew Perry as he said that some of his "favourite times" were spent with the actor. Best known for playing Chandler Bing in the sitcom, Perry died aged 54 on October 28.
Friends co-star Matthew Perry, saying it was an “honour” to share the stage with him.After the cast of Friends released a joint statement shortly after Perry’s death on October 28, LeBlanc, who played Joey in the sitcom, has now posted his own tribute on Instagram (November 14).“Matthew. It is with a heavy heart I say goodbye,” LeBlanc wrote in the post, alongside some stills from Friends. “The times we had together are honestly among the favourite times of my life.“It was an honour to share the stage with you and to call you my friend.
Matt LeBlanc has taken to social media to pay tribute to his co-star and long-time friend Matthew Perry.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt LeBlanc honored his late “Friends” co-star Matthew Perry with a new tribute posted to Instagram in which LeBlanc called his time with Perry “among the favorite times of my life.” Perry died unexpectedly on Oct. 28 at 54 years old. LeBlanc issued a joint statement on Perry’s death shortly after with “Friends” cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer.
Matthew Perry’s ex Kayti Edwards is speaking out following the tragic death of the “Friends” star.Edwards, a former model and Julie Andrews’ step-granddaughter, reportedly dated Perry in 2006. In a recent interview, she claimed that the final photo Perry shared on Instagram, which shows him relaxing in his hot tub, could be a sign that he was “not sober” at the time of his passing.“I know Matthew and I know that he wouldn’t have just drowned,” she told the UK Sun on Saturday. “I think he might have taken pills in the week leading up to this.”Perry was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home on Oct.
Friends, was found dead in his Los Angeles home on 28 October, aged 54. Perry was laid to rest at a private funeral in the city on 3 November.According to E! News, the certificate states that his cause of death is still “deferred” following the latest reports that his initial autopsy results were inconclusive.
Friends star Matthew Perry wanted him to play him in a biopic.News that the actor had named Zac Efron as his first choice to depict him in a biopic arose last week (November 2), when one of his close acquaintances, Athenna Crosby, spoke with Entertainment Tonight.The interview took place after the Friends actor was found dead in his Los Angeles home on October 28. He was aged 54 and the death has been linked to an apparent drowning.“He said that he wanted to make a movie about his life,” Crosby said.
A funeral service for Matthew Perry took place on Friday in Los Angeles, with the late actor's friends and family gathering to lay him to rest.The Friends star, famed for portraying Chandler Bing in the hit US sitcom, tragically passed away on 28 October at his home in LA at the age of 54. His five Friends co-stars - Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Matt Le Blanc, Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer - were all in attendance, along with his parents, Suzanne Perry and John Bennett Perry. Matthew's stepfather Keith Morrison was also among the 20 mourners at the service, as reported by TMZ.
open about his lifelong struggle with addiction and staying sober, and wrote about his journey and his health issues in his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.” His death did not appear to be drug related, as he died of an apparent drowning in a hot tub at his home in the ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.Law enforcement sources told TMZ that investigators ran a less-in-depth test on the actor that revealed he did not have fentanyl or meth in his system at the time of his death.More in-depth tests are currently being conducted as part of the toxicology. It can take months to establish an official cause of death, which is still “deferred.” Amid speculation about the cause, model and entertainment reporter Athenna Crosby, 25, the “mystery woman” last seen with him just 24 hours before his death, is speaking out.
Matthew Perry was in "extremely good spirits" before his sudden death, says the 'mystery brunette' who he was spotted having lunch with.Twenty five year old model Athenna Crosby was photographed dining with the former Friends star, 54, at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles on Friday, 27 October. Despite rumours that they may have been dating, Athenna has confirmed they were just friends and met through a mutual friend a few months ago.