Popular American Canadian actor, Matthew Perry, star of the highly-rated 1990s U.S. television sitcom “Friends” as the wise-cracking Chandler Bing, has died. He died at the age of 54 after apparently drowning in a hot tub. He was 54.
While citing law reference sources, TMZ reported that Perry was found dead in a jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home. NBC, which broadcast “Friends” for 10 years, confirmed his death in a statement on X.
Perry was born on Aug. 19, 1969, in Williamstown, Mass. His mother worked as a press secretary for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau while his father, John Bennett Perry, was a character actor.
His parents divorced when he was a baby so grew up with his mother and stepfather, Keith Morrison, in Ottawa. He was one of Canada’s highest-ranked junior tennis players.
He moved in with his father in Los Angeles when he was 15 with the hope of devoting more time to tennis and moving on from the unhappiness he felt about his place in his mother’s second family.
After a couple of years in Los Angeles, Matthew decided that he had discovered what would make him happy.
He made his film debut in 1988, starring alongside River Phoenix in “A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon.” He appeared on several sitcoms. It was evident that he was an up-and-coming actor — but he was like that for many years.
One day, when he was 24, alone in his small Los Angeles apartment, he knelt and prayed to become popular, no matter what would happen to him in the process.
His prayer was answered as he became cast in “Friends” three weeks later.
Perry had many half-siblings from his parents’ remarriages but information about his survivors has not been made available.
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