{"id":357032,"date":"2023-10-30T08:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T08:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/?p=357032"},"modified":"2023-10-31T08:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T08:03:45","slug":"friends-cast-reeling-from-the-death-of-their-brother-matthew-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/la-showbiz\/friends-cast-reeling-from-the-death-of-their-brother-matthew-perry-357032","title":{"rendered":"Friends cast ‘reeling’ from the death of their ‘brother’ Matthew Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Friends cast are said to be “reeling” from the death of their beloved “brother” Matthew Perry.<\/p>\n

The actor was found dead after an apparent drowning at his LA home on October 28 aged 54.<\/p>\n

A representative for the actor and a law enforcement source previously said the actor had been found unresponsive.<\/p>\n

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The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon – NBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Canadian actor found fame in the 1990s when sitcom Friends became an international hit – which he starred in alongside\u00a0Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer.<\/p>\n

A source has now told Page Six that the fivesome are preparing to release a joint statement on Matthew’s death.<\/p>\n

“The cast is reeling from the loss of their brother, because that\u2019s what Matty was \u2014 their brother,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Matthew as Chandler Bing on Friends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A source told SKY News that there was no apparent foul play and no confirmed cause of death. Only that \u201can investigation is ongoing\u201d.<\/p>\n

TMZ later reported that although first responders didn\u2019t find any illicit drugs at the scene, they found numerous prescription drugs.<\/p>\n

Police told the publication that Matthew was on anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs and COPD medication.<\/p>\n

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Friends ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004.<\/p>\n

Just one year ago, Matthew released his memoir, \u2018Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir\u2019.<\/p>\n

In the biography the actor spoke openly about his battle with his addition to drugs and alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The actor passed away on October 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24682,"featured_media":257372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[4155],"tags":[665,5048,2734,1286,4864,2569,4991],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4e4a4ee9096e1aabbec4d6f84297ba40200a2-e1623140257904.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357033,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357032\/revisions\/357033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}