'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning
https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/
Matthew Perry drowned to death Saturday, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/
Matthew Perry drowned to death Saturday, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
For those that don't want to read that article that looks like it was written by a teenage intern -
THANK YOU! I read almost the whole thing before finally giving up, thinking "what the fuck is this site"!
Dies from possible drowning.
TMZ: New details are surfacing about Matthew Perry's death
From the article, talking about the last show he did, after a 3-year run ...
Perry tweeted he found out it was being cancelled when he arrived on set and discovered his face on the stage door had been painted over with green paint.
That's cold that his agent didn't tell him beforehand.
Gotta admit, I expected it to be related to his past drug/alcohol abuse. Drowning is a bit of a shock.
It was a lap pool, not a hot tub. His home he bought last June lists a lap pool, no hot tub.
Well, that confirms it. There's no way a millionaire could have had a hot tub installed since last June!
Oh wow neither did I.
For some reason I thought it was a tiny shallow pool, like for toddlers to play in. Why would anyone even have one of those?!
A lap pool, for doing laps, makes so much more sense. I've lived in a house with a pool and it's just a huge pain in the ass. Being able to bust a couple of laps would be great though. I'd love to have this.
Apparently his last Twitter/Instagram whatever post he showed off his new hot tub, so could be either I suppose.
Doesn't really matter, does it? Not that most people, yours truly included, didn't contemplate it. But the man's dead, and that's kinda it.
One has to wonder about the medical issues he was experiencing in the past couple of years were.
I'm pretty sure addiction doesn't make one healthier or younger so you wonder what type of damage has incurred over the years of his struggles. Perhaps he had heart issues or something else that will surface in the hours and says ahead.
Still sad to hear he's passed. Money can make some things easier in life without a doubt but it can't fix everything it seems.
Apparently drowning in a hot tub, while it could be from any number of things, screams possible drug or alcohol involvement.
Yeah... It's possibly not, but the overwhelming probability is drugs.
Addiction is a disease. I'm sad to see him go.
It was possibly a heart attack that caused him to drown, which wouldn't be much of a shock considering his painkiller abuse, known to cause heart problems. No drugs or alcohol on site, but it's not like his addictions didn't leave a lasting impact.
Pain killer abuse is not known to cause heart problems. Where did you hear or read this?
Maybe he is not from the US, like me. Outside the US people don't immediately think of opioids when someone says painkiller. They are not prescribed nearly as much. Maybe not at all where I am from.
What a stupid response. I don’t know your mom. How long did your mom abuse painkillers? What are the dosages and frequencies she took them at? Did she ever get clean and if so how long had she been abusing them and how long had she been clean? Was she a polysubstance abuser? Did your mom have any cardiac conditions of note? Did she take any medications? Familial history? You see what im getting at with how dumb your response was? I did get my heart checked out and I got my heart rate up to 138 and ran 15 minutes longer than I needed to and the cardiologist/lipidologist told me in his career of over 40 years I’m only the second time he’s ever seen someone’s heart not skip a single beat. I could still go the way of Matthew Perry/your mom. You never know. Pain killer abuse varies a fuck ton. So many other things come into play when we’re talking heart attacks.
Ehh not really. Dehydration alone could cause you to pass out in a hot tub when you think you're just really relaxed.
You have to be pretty fucked up to die of dehydration in a hot tub. I'd imagine dehydration makes you pretty fucking thirsty.
I guess I wouldn't know because I have never been in a hot tub or dehydrated? I don't have much in common with Perry beyond not remembering the 90s. I was too young, he was too high.
You've gotta be pretty fucked up to drown in a hot tub
If you've got low blood pressure, could be naturally that way or medication can cause it, you can pass out fast in a hot tub. I can't go in them for that reason.
Can I just say I saw this on lemmy before anything. Nice job keeping up with the news!
Initially Tuca’s energy was off putting for me, but she’s right, she’s an acquired taste.
And I can't think of any other show, cartoon or live action or anything, that was anywhere close to what this horse cartoon was.
I think it was the most honest portrayal of mental illness in a show I've ever seen. not judgy about shit either and didn't make it the only defining feature of a character. the writing was excellent.
I think it's just a Hollywood cliche with enough truth it plays out in the real world here and there. a lot of the show was a commentary on LA culture and how it'll swallow people.
there are a lot of parallels here but I'm sure it's a coincidence, but it shows how right the series got it.
that show really hit me. I feel really bad for Matthew Perry, I didn't know anything about his struggles until now and it's really sad. the world really eats some people alive.
I always thought that it was David Duchovny, but I guess that it could be Matthew Perry, or a combination.
Doubt it's Duchovny. Bojack was on a Full House style family sitcom, nothing like X Files or Red Shoe Diaries.
Did Duchovny have a drinking/drug problem? I know he was a sex addict (which, in retrospect, makes Mulders porn addiction a lot funnier), but otherwise he seems like he has his shit together
This is my first celeb death that is surreal and weird and just generally feels wrong like this person should always exist in the background. I really hope that his story brings some lessons and guidance for others. And i hope that those who knew and loved Matthew find a soothing peace in the coming days and months.
Really? I'm completely unsurprised he drowned in a hot tub. I figured that or overdose. He's been a mess for a while.
Ring-a-ding-ding, baby, what a way to go.
Release the mailman.
What do you mean we're out of mailmen?!
Fuck it release the mailwoman, worst case scenario she gives him death by snu-snu.
Have you read kitchen confidential yet? I had bought the book years before he passed but never got around to read it. And then he died and I couldn't bring myself to read it, until earlier this year. I am so absolutely glad I have that book, it's like hanging out with him.
They were sad and deep losses to the industry. I still can't bring myself to watch a a Robin Williams film.
But for whatever reason none of them had given me this sort of what feeling. That's all.
I'm doing my best to be unhealthy so I die before Weird Al. I won't be able to handle it.
Yup I figured they were the developed funny personalities while Ross, Rachel and Monica were just sort of supporting or supplying a story arc for their funny to shine.
Wow, you hate Monica so much she doesn't even appear in the list? I'd put Monica above Phoebe, personally. And Ross is by far the worst.
They all flanderised. From the bits of early series I've seen Joey was normal intelligence, Ross was more chill, Rachel wasn't as vacuous.
RIP to one funny guy. I really never was into Friends, but my wife is a huge fan, and over the years, I've come to enjoy them as well.
Have you seen The Whole Nine Yards or The Whole Ten Yards? He stars in them, alongside Bruce Willis, Amanda Peet, and other notables. Very funny mafia-comedy set of movies.
I never got into Friends either but he was awesome in Studio 60 In The Sunset Strip, and for as panned as it was Almost Heros is one of my guilty pleasure movies to this day. RIP
There's a part of me that's kind of happy for an addict when they pass away.
The sad thing is having to live with addiction in a country where it's stigmatized.
I don't even like Friends but I feel sad losing him. Lost another older friend yesterday night in accident. I just became an uncle yesterday. Life is crazy sometimes.
RIP, man. You had a rollercoaster life, but you will continue to make me laugh until I join you. Thank u!
He drowned in a lap pool, not a jacuzzi as being reported.
Correction, Twitter says it was a hot tub, lap pool combo.
If he was in a too-hot hot tub and already warm from a workout it can be deadly. My parents had a hot tub and were warned not to be in it at high temperatures for long.
Could have fallen by accident, cramped up, caught in the rope, or any number of things.
For sure. People are going to speculate but literally any number of things could do it.
I’d put suicide or overdose low on my list but again we just don’t know.
According to the TMZ article, he played pickleball for 2 hours before this happened. My money is on his ticker going.
Yeah basically around 50 you’re just at the mercy of sudden death as a possible outcome. It can happen before of course but I’d say 50 onward it’s just on the table as possibly the way you go.
We can reduce certain risks, but you can never remove it completely. Even if you take care of yourself it’s always possible just some random shit happens. Sucks, definitely anyone dying before age 65 is a tragedy.
Yeah basically around 50 you’re just at the mercy of sudden death as a possible outcome.
True, and I am very aware of this as a 50+ male. But Perry has been in acoma and lost past of his intestines a few years back due to substance and alcohol abuse, as well as suffered a recent heart attack related to his addicitons. So he stacked the deck widely to his own detriment.
I can't imagine his heart didn't take damage from years of drug abuse, even if he died sober
God damn it, this really sucks. First it was Robin Williams, then it was Bob Saget, and now it's Matthew Perry. Stop taking my 90s funny men away from me!
Matthew and Jennifer Aniston did a Microsoft 95 commercial.
Microsoft ad is probably the real reason, but also Microsoft's search engine shares the last name of the character Matthew Perry played on friends.