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Matthew Perry’s poignant one word opinion on life after death-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro
Perry died in an apparent drowning, it has been reported.
Matthew Perry opened up candidly about death (Picture: Getty Images)
Friends star Matthew Perry spoke movingly about the afterlife before his shock death aged 54.
The beloved TV icon, who died in a suspected drowning at his LA home, said he was certain life after death was ‘wonderful.’
In his recent memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, the 17 Again star wrote: ‘I know something happens when you die. I know you move on to something wonderful.’
Reflecting on his life in the book, which examined his struggles with fame and addiction, Perry implied he had no regrets over his choices.
He said: ‘If I had to do it all again, would I still audition for Friends? You bet I would. Would I drink again? You bet I would.
‘If I didn’t have alcohol to soothe my nerves and help me have fun, I would have leaped off a tall building sometime in my twenties.’
Perry was best known for playing Chandler Bing in Friends (Picture: NBC)
Perry featured in every episode of Friends before it ended (Picture: Getty Images)
Perry previously opened up about the extent of his addiction issues and was hospitalised in 2018 after his colon burst from opioid misuse.
‘The doctors told my family that I had a two percent chance to live,’ the star told People Magazine last year.
‘I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that’s called a Hail Mary. No one survives that.’
Perry said he spent millions trying to get sober (Picture: Getty)
Perry also previously revealed he spent at least $9million (£7.9m) in a bid to get sober, including 15 stays in rehab.
During his lowest points, Perry was taking 55 painkillers a day and weighed 128 pounds at one point during the 10-season run of Friends from 1994 to 2004, in which he starred as Chandler Bing.
Tributes have been pouring in since US outlets reported that Perry had died at his LA home, with the local police confirming they had gone to the Three to Tango actor’s block ‘for a death investigation of a male in his 50s.’
Tributes have been pouring in for Perry (Picture: REUTERS)
Among those remembering Perry were his Friends co-stars including Maggie Wheeler, who played Chandler’s on-off girlfriend Janice Hosenstein during the early series of the TV show and often appeared to perform her catchphrase ‘Oh! My! God.’
‘What a loss,’ Wheeler captioned a picture of the pair on Instagram.
‘The world will miss you Matthew Perry. The joy you brought to so many in your too short lifetime will live on.
Hollywood heavyweights including Selma Blair and Adele have also paid tribute to Perry.
Adele paused her Las Vegas concert to remember Perry as being ‘incredibly brave’ for being open about his addiction struggles.
Legally Blonde star Selma Blair described Perry as her ‘oldest boy friend.’
Sharing a throwback picture, she said: ‘All of us loved Matthew Perry, and I did especially. Every day.
‘I loved him unconditionally. And he me. And I’m broken. Broken hearted. Sweet dreams Matty. Sweet dreams.’
Perry eerily seemed to have foreshadowed his own death in his last Instagram post, which showed him reclining in a hot tub.
Perry, who was nominated for an Emmy for his role in Friends, starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Courteney Cox – who played Perry’s on-screen wife Monica Geller.
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The actors reunited on screen for the first time in 2021 after the show ended its celebrated 10-year run in 2004, having become a pop culture phenomenon.
Perry’s other notable TV work includes the short-lived Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, written by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin, while he also starred in several films, including Fools Rush In, opposite Salma Hayek and his father John.
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