{"id":67832,"date":"2023-10-29T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T09:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/?p=67832"},"modified":"2023-10-29T09:30:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T09:30:58","slug":"matthew-perrys-extraordinary-life-in-photos-following-his-death-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/celebrities\/matthew-perrys-extraordinary-life-in-photos-following-his-death-at-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Perry's extraordinary life in photos following his death at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"
Beloved Friends star,\u00a0Matthew Perry,\u00a0died at the age of 54 on Saturday.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The actor’s passing has left fans and his pals stunned as it comes after he recently published his memoir,\u00a0Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, telling how he had overcame his struggles with drugs and alcohol that almost left him dead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Matthew, who found fame playing Chandler Bing on Friends, is thought to have drowned in a jacuzzi, while one of his close pals\u00a0exclusively told DailyMail.com that his inner circle is currently in a state of ‘total shock.’<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Sources told DailyMail.com he\u00a0reportedly played a two-hour game of Pickleball and medics were called to his home to respond to an apparent heart attack incident.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Screen Actors Guild Award winner, who became a household name after landing the part of Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends,\u00a0was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TV legend: The Screen Actors Guild Award winner, who became a household name after landing the part of Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends, was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1969 (pictured in\u00a01994)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n His mother, Suzanne Marie Morrison, worked as a Canadian journalist who previously served as press secretary to former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and father, John Bennett Perry,\u00a0split before his first birthday<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An athlete: His mother went on to marry broadcast journalist Keith Morrison, and he was raised primarily in Ottawa, Ontario, apart from brief stints in Toronto and Montreal<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Smart: Perry went to Rockcliffe Park Public School, alongside future Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, before heading to Ashbury College<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Impressive:\u00a0In addition to dominating the creative arts, the best-selling author was a was a top-ranked junior tennis player in Canada and practiced up to 10 hours a day, according to Tennis Canada (seen in\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Born for showbusiness: Perry (R) seen during his sophomore in high school as he attended Buckley School in Sherman Oaks (seen in 1985)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Handsome: The performer (seen above during his senior year of high school in 1987)\u00a0was destined for Hollywood with his good lucks and\u00a0natural charisma<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before Friends: Perry portrayed Carol Seaver’s boyfriend Sandy who dies in the hospital after a drunk-driving crash (pictured in 1989)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Role-of-a-lifetime:\u00a0Matthew Perry (seen far right) famously portrayed the role of Chandler Bing between\u00a01994 to 2004<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fast friends: Perry and his costar, Jennifer Aniston, became close while starring on Friends (pictured in 1995); and he credited her over the years for being ‘the one that reached out the most’ amid his\u00a0addiction struggles and sobriety journey<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Past love: He briefly dated actress, Julia Roberts,\u00a0after she signed up to guest star on the sitcom Friends in the mid-1990s; they ultimately split after two months of dating (seen in\u00a01996)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Winner:\u00a0Perry seen after accepting his first\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1996<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Smash hit: In 1999, the Friends cast was on top of the world as they promoted their sixth season<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the big screen: In\u00a02000, he starred in\u00a0The Whole Nine Yards, which led to him snagging parts in films like\u00a0Fools Rush In, Almost Heroes, The Ron Clark Story, and 17 Again<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Power couple: His character,\u00a0Chandler Bing and Monica Geller (Courteney Cox) famously wed in\u00a02001\u00a0on the finale of season seven\u00a0of their hit sitcom Friends<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In addition to starring on comedies, he appeared on dramas, like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (seen above in character as Matthew Albie)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stardom: He earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for his starring role on Friends and also earned an Emmy nominated in 2002 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for portraying Chandler Bing; seen in 2001<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sporty: Perry pictured above competed in the Merv Griffin Beverly Hills Country Club Celebrity Tennis Classic in 2003<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Multi-talented: Perry made his directorial debut in a 2004 episode of Scrubs (seen with\u00a0John Bennett Perry as Gregory Marks)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Perry and his Friends costar, Matt LeBlanc, once played in a celebrity hockey together<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Box office hit: His 2009 film, 17 Again, alongside\u00a0Zac Efron and Leslie Mann\u00a0was a box office hit as it earned $139.4 million globally\u00a0against a $40 million production budget<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An icon: The\u00a017 Again star seen speaking\u00a0onstage during the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Go Dodgers! In 2013, Perry threw the first pitch at a\u00a0Dodgers vs. Padres game<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Perry promoted his\u00a0TV series, Go On, during a 2013 during an interview with host Jay Leno<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Doing good: Perry testified before a House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies hearing in the Capitol on the need to fund Drug Courts<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The reunion: The cast of Friends reunited on camera for the first time in 25 years in 2021\u00a0for a special, called The One Where They Get Back Together, hosted by James Corden<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raw and honest:\u00a0Perry did not hold back as he detailed his lifelong battle with addiction in his 2022\u00a0memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Best-selling author: The star (seen on April 22, 2023 as he promoted his memoir at the\u00a0Los Angeles Times Festival of Books) shared his story of sobriety, fame and downward spiral of addiction<\/p>\n