Friends star Matthew Perry passes Age 54

[Hermann]

Matthew Perry, Friends Star, Dead at 54

Matthew Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing on NBC’s Friends, has died. He was 54. According to TMZ, Perry was discovered unresponsive in the jacuzzi at his Los Angeles-area home Saturday afternoon by his assistant. The site initially reported that his cause of death was drowning, but...

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RIP

 

[WylieCoyote]

Terrible. RIP

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

That's a shame. Just as he was getting his life back in order.

 

[CharBaby]

RIP A terrible shame

 

[Brett776]

I liked him as an actor for his positive care free role. Friends was one of those shows you just watched to see something lighthearted and funny. What a shame.

 

[JeffKeryk]

54, that's young. I never saw that show, but RIP Mr. Perry.

 

[ctechbob]

Always thought he was funny in the Whole 9 Yards/Whole 10 Yards as marginal as those movies were.

 

[Pablo]

What else was he in?

I never liked Friends but no disrespect to him.

 

[Oillover]

I never liked Friends but no disrespect to him.

+1
I thought I was the only person alive who didn't care for the show!


But overall, he presentented himself as a likeable person.
RIP

 

[ctechbob]

+1
I thought I was the only person alive who didn't care for the show!


But overall, he presentented himself as a likeable person.
RIP

Nope, never liked the show, but thought he was a funny dude.

 

[E365]

What a shame. Seemed like a good dude.

*Not saying this is necessarily what happened* but drownings in hot tubs are not that uncommon. Stand up, get light-headed and pass out back in the water. Blood vessels dilate in the hot water and blood pressure drops(?). Something like that.

I had this almost happen in Iceland. Was in a thermal pool for about 45 minutes then got out to use the bathroom. Made it about 5 steps and basically collapsed. Was in my 30s and fit. Can probably happen to anyone.

 

[Egg_Head]

Addictions/drug dependencies/depression are insidious demons to deal with, I cannot imagine what it must be like to have a monkey on your back 7/24. This is someone who hung out presumably with wealthy, educated people, told his story of pain in a book and on national TV yet he could not get help?

 

[Egg_Head]

What a shame. Seemed like a good dude.

*Not saying this is necessarily what happened* but drownings in hot tubs are not that uncommon. Stand up, get light-headed and pass out back in the water. Blood vessels dilate in the hot water and blood pressure drops(?). Something like that.

I had this almost happen in Iceland. Was in a thermal pool for about 45 minutes then got out to use the bathroom. Made it about 5 steps and basically collapsed. Was in my 30s and fit. Can probably happen to anyone.

Alcohol exacerbates those effects too.

 

[Donald]

What else was he in?

I never liked Friends but no disrespect to him.

+ 1 - never liked Friends

 

[mjk1967]

I feel there is an underlying symptom of being unable to cope with 'being famous'

And I am not articulating that correctly. They aren't accepting of the fact that they are talented, or worthy of being accepted.

 

[spasm3]

I feel there is an underlying symptom of being unable to cope with 'being famous'

And I am not articulating that correctly. They aren't accepting of the fact that they are talented, or worthy of being accepted.

Also the fact that they can never live a normal life again. No going out shopping in a crowd and blending in. Always being recognized and or approached. Maybe forced to be more reclusive.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Are the colonoscopy bags waterproof when submerged in a hot tub or jacuzzi?
Do you suppose the bag was disconnected prior to entering the jacuzzi?
BTW.... I have absolutely no knowledge on wearing one of those.
RIP Matthew! I liked your work on the short-lived TV Show remake of Odd Couple.

My Intuition tells me Mr. Perry passed out and died pretty quickly - almost instantly. It will be interesting to find out if his lungs were filled with water and actual death was drowning. He may have died from a heart attack in that jacuzzi.

I am not always correct BTW. Sometimes Lately, I have difficulty in reading my own inner self's info gatherings.
Must be old age settling in and too many whites instead of reds making home inside my head.

 

[97prizm]

Addictions/drug dependencies/depression are insidious demons to deal with, I cannot imagine what it must be like to have a monkey on your back 7/24. This is someone who hung out presumably with wealthy, educated people, told his story of pain in a book and on national TV yet he could not get help?

From a different excerpt he said he didn't want people to know. It didn't really hit him till one daybon set Jennifer Anniston tapped him on the shoulder and said "We all know you're inebriated. "

 

[97prizm]

I wish that scientists doctors etc could Identify an "addiction " gene or figure out why some go off the rails. I had an english teacher in high school that smoked for 10-15 years. She up and decided to quit, no patch, no therapy nada.

 

[Donald]

Sobriety is for those that want it rather than for all those that need it. Unfortunately the percentage of people who people who get sober and stay sober long term is not high.