Friends was his most famous show. He also starred in Home Free (before Friends), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Mr. Sunshine, Go On, and the most recent remake of The Odd Couple.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...rry-dead-at-59

“Friends” star Mathew Perry was found dead Saturday in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home, law enforcement sources said.

Authorities responded about 4 p.m. to his home, where he was discovered unresponsive. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, did not cite a cause of death. There was no sign of foul play, the sources added.

Los Angeles Police Department’s robbery-homicide detectives are investigating the death.

Perry, the son of actor John Bennett Perry and Suzanne Marie Langford, onetime press secretary of Canadian Prime Minister Piere Trudeau, was born in 1969 and grew up between Montreal and Los Angeles after his parents separated when Perry was 1.


He got his start as a child actor, landing guest spots “Charles in Charge” and “Beverly Hills 90210” and playing opposite River Phoenix in the film “A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon” in the 1980s and early 1990s. But his big break came when he was cast in “Friends” — originally titled “Friends Like Us” — a sitcom about six single New Yorkers navigating adulthood that premiered on NBC in 1994. It soon became a juggernaut, the anchor of the network’s vaunted Thursday-night “Must-See TV” lineup, and turned Perry and his cast mates, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Leblanc and David Schwimmer into mega-stars almost overnight.

As Chandler Bing, the handsome, wisecracking roommate of Leblanc’s Joey Tribbiani and, later, love interest of the fastidious Monica Geller, Perry distinguished himself in a crackling ensemble cast with his dry delivery, creating a catchphrase with a mere turn of inflection: Could he be any more Chandler?

There was a dark side to the life of one of television’s most beloved funnymen, however. In his 2022 memoir “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry recounted his lifelong struggle with addiction to alcohol and opioids, which led to multiple stints in rehab and a number of serious health issues, including a five-month hospitalization in 2018 following a colon rupture that left him, he wrote, with a two percent chance to live through the night.

“Nobody wanted to be famous more than me,” Perry told The Times in April, discussing “Big Terrible Thing” at the Festival of Books. “I was convinced it was the answer. I was 25, it was the second year of ‘Friends,’ and eight months into it, I realized the American dream is not making me happy, not filling the holes in my life. I couldn’t get enough attention. … Fame does not do what you think it’s going to do. It was all a trick.”

Wow. He was a fine comedic actor. RIP

:rip:

Wow!! This is shocking and so sad !:( I loved Matthew . Loved Chandler! Words can't express! So, so sad , too young ! :(

Rest in peace , Matthew !

So sad. Rest in peace Matthew Perry.

I Knew him more in Growing Pains & Just The Ten Of Us!

My guess is tbs and nick@niTe will be doing a tribute Marathons. I’m sure the blog on General Sitcoms Message Boards will tell us the Week of October 30, 2023.

May god bless Mr.Perry

One of the celebrity death that hit me the hardest.
Friends was my favorite show when I was younger, and Chandler my favorite character.

Rest in peace :( :rip:

Still trying to process Matthew's passing. I'm certain the remaining cast will be reuniting soon to mourn this incredible loss together... :( :( :(

Wow.. sad to see Matthew Perry passing away so sudden.. RIP.

I hope someday in future if TBS and/or nick@nite would even do Friends marathon in honoring the late Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing.

Rest in peace :(

Pluto TV's More Sitcoms channel is showing Perry's Odd Couple.

Very sad dues.....

https://deadline.com/2023/10/matthew-perry-thanks-for-being-a-friend-tribute-special-on-nick-at-nite-friends-star-1235586795/

Nick@Nite last night aired it at the very short notice. It will air again according to nickatnite.com schedules, tonight 12am, and the following will air Friends Chandler fan favorite episodes. til late Nov 5

Wow!! This is shocking and so sad !:( I loved Matthew . Loved Chandler! Words can't express! So, so sad , too young ! :(

Rest in peace , Matthew !

It is not shocking honestly, he had a drug and alcoholic addiction but sad

The latest rumor has Matthew eating baneberries instead of cranberries prior to his passing. The rest of us will need to be patient for the autopsy report.

So, in honor of Matthew Perry's passing, Nick at Nite will air fan favorite episodes of Friends all this week.

TBS will do a special tribute to Perry, with a marathon of Friends, featuring the best of Perry as his Chandler Bing character.
It'll start tomorrow, November 2nd from 6am-6pm ET.

It'll be followed by the best friendship moments of Chandler and Joey, played by Matt LeBlanc, airing this Thursday, November 3rd from 6:30am-12:30pm ET.

Then, finally, on Friday November 4th, it's the best of Chandler & Monica's (Courteney Cox) relationship, from 10am-12:30pm ET.

The Best of Chandler marathon will have an encore presentation this Saturday from 6am-10:30am ET and this Sunday from 6am-12:30pm ET.

Its very sad.........

The latest rumor has Matthew eating baneberries instead of cranberries prior to his passing. The rest of us will need to be patient for the autopsy report.

What on earth are baneberries?

Ed.

Why does Matthew Perry's death feel so massive? (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/matthew-perry-death-why-so-emotional-1235634287/#:~:text=It's%20so%20devastating%20because%20that,pain%20and%20pathos%20and%20humanity.)

It's so (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/matthew-perry-death-why-so-emotional-1235634287/) devastating (https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/matthew-perry-friends-chandler-bing-celebrity-b2438084.html) because (https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/why-matthew-perrys-death-has-caused-an-international-shock-and-sadness-4389766) that was Matthew's journey in life. The most human comedy is comedy of pain, where there's a real dramatic underpinning to it,” says Pope. “Of all the actors on Friends, he had, in many ways, the most underpinning of pain and pathos and humanity.

Baneberries