B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among televisionB次元官网网址檚 most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54.

The actor was found dead at his Los Angeles home, according to coronerB次元官网网址檚 records. An investigation into how Perry died is ongoing, and it may take weeks before his cause of death is determined.

PerryB次元官网网址檚 body was found in a hot tub at his home, according to unnamed sources cited by the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. LAPD Officer Drake Madison told The Associated Press on Saturday that officers had gone to that block B次元官网网址渇or a death investigation of a male in his 50s.B次元官网网址�

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PerryB次元官网网址檚 10 seasons on B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� made him one of HollywoodB次元官网网址檚 most recognizable actors, starring opposite Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer as a friend group in New York.

As Chandler, he played the quick-witted, insecure and neurotic roommate of LeBlancB次元官网网址檚 Joey and a close friend of SchwimmerB次元官网网址檚 Ross. During the showB次元官网网址檚 hijinks, he could be counted on to chime in with a line like B次元官网网址淐ould this BE any more awkward?B次元官网网址� or another well-timed quip.

Perry was open about his long and public struggle with addiction, writing at the beginning of his 2022 million-selling memoir: B次元官网网址淗i, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� ran from 1994 until 2004, winning one best comedy series Emmy Award in 2002. The cast notably banded together for later seasons to obtain a salary of $1 million per episode for each.

Some of his B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� costars paid tribute on social media, posting photos, GIFS and bloopers from their favorite episodes.

B次元官网网址淲hat a loss,B次元官网网址� actress Maggie Wheeler, who played his girlfriend Janice, wrote on Instagram. B次元官网网址淭he joy you brought to so many in your too short lifetime will live on. I feel very blessed by every creative moment we shared.B次元官网网址�

Actress Morgan Fairchild, who played his mother on the show, said the loss of a B次元官网网址渂rilliant young actorB次元官网网址� was a shock.

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By the B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� finale, Chandler is married to CoxB次元官网网址檚 Monica and they have a family, reflecting the journey of the core cast from single New Yorkers trying to figure their lives out to several of them married and starting families.

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Perry described reading the B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� script for the first time in his memoir, B次元官网网址淔riends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚t was as if someone had followed me around for a year, stealing my jokes, copying my mannerisms, photocopying my world-weary yet witty view of life. One character in particular stood out to me: it wasnB次元官网网址檛 that I thought I could B次元官网网址榩layB次元官网网址� Chandler. I B次元官网网址榳asB次元官网网址� Chandler.B次元官网网址�

Unknown at the time was the struggle Perry had with addiction and an intense desire to please audiences.

B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址橣riendsB次元官网网址� was huge. I couldnB次元官网网址檛 jeopardize that. I loved the script. I loved my co-actors. I loved the scripts. I loved everything about the show but I was struggling with my addictions which only added to my sense of shame,B次元官网网址� he wrote in his memoir. B次元官网网址淚 had a secret and no one could know.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚 felt like I was gonna die if the live audience didnB次元官网网址檛 laugh, and thatB次元官网网址檚 not healthy for sure. But I could sometimes say a line and the audience wouldnB次元官网网址檛 laugh and I would sweat and sometimes go into convulsions,B次元官网网址� Perry wrote. B次元官网网址淚f I didnB次元官网网址檛 get the laugh I was supposed to get I would freak out. I felt that every single night. This pressure left me in a bad place. I also knew of the six people making that show, only one of them was sick.B次元官网网址�

He recalled in his memoir that Aniston confronted him about being inebriated while filming.

B次元官网网址淚 know youB次元官网网址檙e drinking,B次元官网网址� he remembered her telling him once. B次元官网网址淲e can smell it,B次元官网网址� she said, in what Perry called a B次元官网网址渒ind of weird but loving way, and the plural B次元官网网址榳eB次元官网网址� hit me like a sledgehammer.B次元官网网址�

In the foreword to PerryB次元官网网址檚 memoir, Lisa Kudrow described him as B次元官网网址渨hip smart, charming, sweet, sensitive, very reasonable, and rational.B次元官网网址� She added, B次元官网网址淭hat guy, with everything he was battling, was still there.B次元官网网址�

An HBO Max reunion special in 2021 was hosted by James Corden and fed into huge interest in seeing the cast together again, although the program consisted of the actors discussing the show and was not a continuation of their charactersB次元官网网址� storylines.

Perry received one Emmy nomination for his B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� role and two more for appearances as an associate White House counsel on B次元官网网址淭he West Wing.B次元官网网址�

Perry also had several notable film roles, starring opposite Salma Hayek in the rom-com B次元官网网址淔ools Rush InB次元官网网址� and Bruce Willis in the the crime comedy B次元官网网址淭he Whole Nine Yards.B次元官网网址�

He worked consistently after B次元官网网址淔riends,B次元官网网址� though never in a role that brought him as much attention or acclaim.

In 2015, he played Oscar for a CBS reboot of B次元官网网址淭he Odd CoupleB次元官网网址� that aired for two seasons. He told the AP that playing Oscar Madison, the character originally made famous in the 1960s series by Walter Matthau, was a B次元官网网址渄ream role.B次元官网网址� He also said he was surprised how much he enjoyed being filmed again in front of a live audience.

B次元官网网址淚 didnB次元官网网址檛 realize I missed it really until it actually happened, til we actually shot the pilot and there was a studio audience there and I realized, B次元官网网址榃ow, I really like this. This is nice,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淵ou kind of ham up for the people in the audience. My performance never got better than when there was an audience there.B次元官网网址�

Perry was born Aug. 19, 1969, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. His father is actor John Bennett Perry and his mother, Suzanne, served as press secretary of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and is married to B次元官网网址淒atelineB次元官网网址� correspondent Keith Morrison.