2023-10-29 07:24:11
10/29/2023-|Last update: 10/29/2023 10:23 AM (Mecca time)
American actor Matthew Perry, one of the heroes of the famous comedy series “Friends,” died a few hours ago at the age of 54, and his professional colleagues and fans expressed their depth of sadness and emotion over his passing.
According to the media and quoting the police, Perry was found drowned in the bathtub at his home in Los Angeles, and preliminary investigations indicated that no narcotic substances were found at the scene of the accident, which suggests that death was most likely the result of a heart attack.
Perry’s personal assistant called the police when he found him drowning and did not respond to attempts to wake up. According to the assistant’s account, Perry returned home after playing badminton for two hours yesterday morning, Saturday, October 28, 2023, and then sent him on some mission outside the house before returning. The assistant discovers the death.
We are devastated to learn of Matthew Perry’s passing. He was a true gift to us all. Our heart goes out to his family, loved ones, and all of his fans. pic.twitter.com/Xv6HkpSEBl
— FRIENDS (@FriendsTV) October 29, 2023
The last photo that Perry posted was 5 days ago in the swimming pool, and he commented on it by saying, “Does the warm water circulating around you make you feel comfortable?”
“It is very strange to live in a world where if you die, people will be shocked but no one will be surprised.” – Matthew Perry from Friends, Lovers and the Big Horrible Thing.
Matthew Perry, or as the majority of the audience knows him as Chandler Bing, is a special comedian. Like most comedy stars, Perry spins the fabric of his laughter from the suffering and genuine sadness buried within him.
Perry was born in Canada, to a mother who works as a journalist and media assistant to former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and a father who is an actor and model, John Bennett Perry. He appeared as a guest in one of the episodes with his father.
His life witnessed a major transformation after his parents separated before he completed his first year and his father immigrated to America, and then he was raised by a stepfather, which made him dream of becoming famous in order for the world to love him without restrictions or conditions.
The dream came true when he was given an exceptional opportunity in 1994 with his role in the series Friends, one of the most watched and famous series during the nineties of the last century. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer participated in the work, and Perry was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2002.
Pierce embodied the character of Chandler Bing, a sarcastic young man who uses harsh comedy as a defensive trick and a mask that hides a lot of fragility and lack of self-confidence, and most importantly, a deep wound resulting from his miserable childhood as a result of living between separated parents who forgot about his divorce, which forced him to flounder alone and find a way to survive.
In addition to “Friends,” Perry appeared in other works that may not have had the same amount of fame, but the audience loved them, including: “Fall’s Rush In” in 1997, “Three to Tango” in 1999, and “The Whole Nine Yards” in 2000. The second part of it was “The Whole Ten Yards” in 2004, and the movie “17 Again” in 2009.
Friends series heroes (social networking sites)
Coincidence or prophecy?
Mr. Heckles was one of the characters who appeared in the first episodes of the series Friends, the old neighbor who lived on the top floor of the Friends, lived alone and always met everyone with a scowl, anger, and rage. In one of the episodes, Heckles dies alone without anyone noticing, which Chandler (Matthew) responds to with extreme horror, fearing that this is the future that awaits him.
Although this is not what happened with Chandler in the series, in reality, Perry lived alone without a wife or children, and he also died alone.
That loneliness gnawed at his bones and drove him to addiction, for which he paid a heavy price in terms of his health, money, time, and success. According to what Perry mentioned in his memoirs, which he published in November 2022, and titled “Friends, Lovers, and the Big, Terrible Thing,” all the fame and love he received did not prevent him from falling into the trap of addiction behind the scenes, which he justified by saying that fame does not give its owner anything. She nests him with it.
The matter began in 1997, when Perry was involved in an accident, as a result of which he took Vicodin to relieve his physical pain, but he did not stop taking it after recovering from the accident. He soon began taking it along with alcohol and drugs, and then became addicted.
Despite his attempts to hide the matter at first on the one hand, and his complete confusion due to addiction on the other hand, to the point that – according to his statements – he does not remember 3 full years of filming Friends due to his drug use, the matter quickly became very bad and everyone knew his big secret.
Perry tried to recover more than once, especially since addiction almost cost him his life and forced him to move away from the artistic community and close friends, a journey that took many years and a heavy financial cost of $9 million.
Reunion episode
In 2021, a special episode of the Friends series was shown, entitled “Reunion.” This long-awaited episode topped social media platforms immediately after it was shown.
The reunion episode lasted for an hour and 43 minutes, and included several main topics that were moved through montage, the first of which was the return of the actors to the original studio that had been rebuilt, and the meeting between them. The episode was dominated by a feeling that was a mixture of sadness and happiness, since the six actors entered the studio. One after another.
The series “Friends” aired for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004. During this decade, it achieved success and popularity that no previous television work had ever achieved. Its six actors became true friends to millions of viewers around the world, with a huge number of views, as The number of viewers for the final episode – when it was shown in the United States for the first time – reached 52 million viewers.
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