It’s a disappearance that leaves Hollywood in shock. The actor Matthew Perrywho played the character Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends was found dead in his home at the age of 54, American media reported on Saturday.
According to Los Angeles Timesthe actor was found dead in his jacuzzi at his home in Los Angeles. No sign that would suggest a criminal act was found, according to anonymous sources cited by the same newspaper and the specialized media TMZ, which first announced the death.
In his memoirs Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Last year, Perry opened up about his long battle with multiple addictions. He came close to death in 2019, after a gastrointestinal perforation due to his use of opiates. Two years later, he had to interrupt his participation in the filming of Don’t Look Up after a cardiac arrest.