Celebrities are mourning the lack of actor Matthew Perry after his dying at age 54.
Perry died from an obvious drowning on Saturday, October 28. Police responded to a name of somebody in cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles residence, the place they reportedly discovered the actor unconscious in a jacuzzi.
Ian Ziering, who labored with Perry on Beverly Hills, 90210, took to Instagram, writing, “RIP Matthew. My coronary heart goes out to his household and all who he was pricey to. What an excellent man, so unhappy.”
Earlier than his dying, Perry candidly mentioned the ups and downs he confronted after rising to stardom on Pals. The sitcom, which ran from 1994 to 2004, made Perry a family identify for his position as Chandler Bing. Behind the scenes, nonetheless, Perry battled dependancy after a Jet Ski accident in 1997.
Perry grew to become hooked on Vicodin, which ultimately led to alcohol abuse. In 2000, he was hospitalized with pancreatitis and in the end began detoxing whereas nonetheless filming Pals. Over time, Perry made a number of makes an attempt to get sober. His struggles impressed Perry’s determination to open a sober residing residence for males in 2013.
After coming into restoration, Perry detailed his journey in his memoir, Pals, Lovers and the Large Horrible Factor: A Memoir.
“A lot has been written about me previously. I assumed it was time folks heard from me. The highs had been excessive, the lows had been low. However I’ve lived to inform the story, regardless that at occasions it appeared like I wouldn’t. And it’s all in right here. I apologize it’s not a pop up ebook,” he tweeted forward of the ebook’s launch in November 2022.
Scroll all the way down to learn tributes to the late star.