FILE: Arrest made in connection with overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, NBC reports

Record ID: 1835701

  • Title: FILE: Arrest made in connection with overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, NBC reports
  • Date: 15th August 2024
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - FEBRUARY 8, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ACTOR MATTHEW PERRY SPEAKING TO REPORTER ON STAGE AT LONDON THEATER MORE OF PERRY SPEAKING PERRY ON STAGE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (FILE - AUGUST 20, 2002) (REUTERS) ACTRESS, ELIZABETH HURLEY, AND PERRY TALKING TO MEDIA DURING PREMIERE OF "SERVING SARA" HURLEY AND PERRY AT RED CARPET / MOVIE POSTER FANS HOLDING UP PHOTOS / HURLEY AND PERRY POSING REFLECTION OF HURLEY AND PERRY / HURLEY AND PERRY AT RED CARPET PERRY SPEAKING DURING INTERVIEW MOVIE POSTER / RED CARPET LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (FILE - AUGUST 10, 2002) (REUTERS) PERRY SPEAKING DURING AN INTERVIEW BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - NOVEMBER 10, 2003) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ACTRESS, LISA KUDROW, AND PERRY AT EVENT
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2024 15:45
  • Keywords: Arrest California Death Friends Matthew Perry
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001705815082024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:An arrest has been made in connection with the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, NBC reports.
    Perry died from the "acute effects of ketamine," a sedative sometimes used to treat depression, with drowning and heart disease found to be contributing factors, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office reported in 2023.
    Perry, 54, best known for his role as Chandler Bing of the 1990s hit television sitcom "Friends," was found lifeless in the jacuzzi of his Los Angeles home on October 28, 2023
    Perry's death came one year after publication of his memoir, "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," which chronicled his decades-long bouts with addiction to prescription painkillers and alcohol, a struggle he said came close to ending his life more than once.
    (Production: Millie McCaughan)
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