The comic actor was best known for playing Chandler Bing on the long-running sitcom.
Matthew Perry, a comic actor known for playing the sarcastic, boyishly charming and tightly wound Chandler Bing in the long-running sitcom “Friends,” was found dead Oct. 28 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 54.According to the Associated Press, the coroner’s office confirmed the death but no further details could immediately be confirmed. Police told media outlets that no foul play was suspected but that it would probably take weeks to determine the cause of death.
It ran for a decade, with NBC becoming so desperate to maintain its huge audience amid a changing lineup of shows, that the cast negotiated salaries collectively and each main actor was paid more than $1 million an episode to continue in its final seasons. According to his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” Mr. Perry spent at least $7 million on treatment and had 65 stints in detox beginning at the age of 26.The Washington Post while promoting the book, was the unquenchable drive for fame that had initially boosted his career but soon careened out of control. “I have a never-ending need for attention, but it’s never the right kind of attention,” he said. “It didn’t work.
After graduation, he was offered the lead on the sitcom “Boys Will Be Boys,” which aired on Fox from 1987 to 1988.
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