Entertainment world mourns the death of Matthew Perry , the actor who played Chandler Bing in the popular series “Friends” . He was 54 years old . He was found lifeless at his home in Los Angeles, immersed in a jacuzzi. The reasons for the death - as reported by the US media - are not confirmed but, according to rumors, it was a case of drowning . No drugs were found in the home.
The alarm was raised on Saturday afternoon, when emergency services were called for a man in cardiac arrest. Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in August 1969, Perry was raised in Canada. His mother was a journalist and the spokeswoman for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Justin Trudeau's father. Perry arrived in Los Angeles when he was a teenager and had landed some minor roles in 1987 and 1988.
The boom of success came in 1994, when NBC chose him for Friends. But with fame also came problems and addictions to drugs and alcohol. From there a difficult period, between detoxification and relapses. In 2018 - Perry himself said - he risked dying from a gastrointestinal perforation, for which he underwent surgery and spent months in hospital.
(Unioneonline/vf)