{"id":61089,"date":"2023-10-28T21:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T01:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=61089"},"modified":"2023-10-28T21:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T01:39:39","slug":"friends-star-matthew-perry-died-at-age-54-of-an-apparent-drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/28\/friends-star-matthew-perry-died-at-age-54-of-an-apparent-drowning\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Friends&#8221; star Matthew Perry died at age 54 of an Apparent Drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61090\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit1.webp 1056w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit1-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit1-1024x616.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit1-768x462.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit1-750x451.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The beloved \u201c<em>Friends<\/em>\u201d star was reportedly discovered dead in the jacuzzi of his home in Los Angeles\u2019\u00a0 Pacific Palisades neighborhood just after 4PM Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources told TMZ that first-responders rushed to the address with the call first reported as a cardiac arrest.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2775243666\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>They added that no drugs were found at the scene and no foul play is suspected.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1969, Perry was raised in Ottawa, Canada, where he attended elementary school with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Suzanne Morrison, was a journalist and press secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Justin\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>Perry\u2019s stepfather is Dateline\u2018s Keith Morrison. His father, John Bennett Perry, was an actor and model \u2014 the younger Perry even guest-starred in an episode of his dad\u2019s cop show, 240-Robert, in 1979.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1563595300\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-young.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61092 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-young.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-young.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-young-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Perry moved to Los Angeles as a teenager. Perry made small appearances in several television shows including &#8220;<em>240-Robert,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>Charles in Charge<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Silver Spoons<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>The Tracey Ullman Show<\/em>&#8221; before he landed a leading role in the show &#8220;<em>Boys Will Be Boys<\/em>&#8221; from 1987 until 1988.<\/p>\n<p>After that, he had more appearances in shows like &#8220;<em>Just the Ten of Us<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Highway to Heaven<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Empty Nest,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>Growing Pains,<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0&#8220;<em>Who\u2019s the Boss<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Beverly Hills, 90210,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>Dream On<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Deadly Relations<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Home Free<\/em>&#8221; were all shows Perry had small roles in before landing the role of Bing on &#8220;<em>Friends<\/em>,&#8221; a role he would hold for the next ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Perry was on &#8220;<em>Friends<\/em>&#8221; with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. The cast of the show came back together in 2021 for &#8220;<em>Friends: The Reunion<\/em>&#8221; where they revisited the set of the show, read through scenes, and laughed through some of the show\u2019s most popular moments.<\/p>\n<p>Following his time on <em>Friends<\/em>, Perry went on to star in <em>Studio 60<\/em> on the Sunset Strip for one season. In 2011 he was the star, creator, executive producer, and writer of <em>Mr. Sunshine<\/em> which ran for 13 episodes. A recurring role on <em>The Good Wife<\/em> followed. Perry also starred and executive produced<em> Go On<\/em> in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-61091\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit.webp 820w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit-300x183.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit-768x469.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/matthew-perry-obit-750x458.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>In 2014, Perry guest-starred on <em>Cougar Town<\/em>, reuniting on-screen with his <em>Friends<\/em> co-star Courteney Cox. The following year, Perry reunited with another Friends star, Lisa Kudrow, for <em>Web Therapy.<\/em> Perry starred in <em>The Odd Couple<\/em> for three seasons before reprising his role of Mike Kresteva on <em>The Good Fight<\/em> in 2017. Perry portrayed Ted Kennedy in the limited series <em>The Kennedys: After Camelot<\/em>. His last television credit is from 2021 when he reunited with the <em>Friends<\/em> cast for the HBO Max special.<\/p>\n<p>Perry also starred in a number of films with early credits including <em>A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon<\/em>, <em>She\u2019s Out of Control<\/em> (1989), <em>Fat Man and Little Boy<\/em> (1989), and <em>Getting In<\/em> (1994). He would become Salma Hayek\u2019s on-screen lover in the 1997 comedy <em>Fools Rush In<\/em>. In 1998 he starred in <em>Almost Heroes<\/em> with Chris Farley, Eugene Levy, and Kevin Dunn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matthew_Perry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More About Matthew Perry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IS3ObPjJpm4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/friends-10-28-2023-21-35-0062.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/friends-10-28-2023-21-35-0062.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/friends-10-28-2023-21-35-0062-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beloved \u201cFriends\u201d star was reportedly discovered dead in the jacuzzi of his home in Los Angeles\u2019\u00a0 Pacific Palisades neighborhood just after 4PM Saturday afternoon. 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