Renowned US actor Matthew Perry, famed for his portrayal of the witty Chandler Bing in the beloved '90s TV series Friends, has passed away at the age of 54.
Law enforcement sources informed US media that the actor was discovered deceased at his residence in Los Angeles.
Friends, chronicling the lives of six close-knit friends in New York City, graced screens from 1994 to 2004. Its concluding episode garnered a staggering 52.5 million viewers in the US, marking it as the most-watched TV episode of the 2000s.
Law enforcement sources informed US media that the actor was discovered deceased at his residence in Los Angeles.
Friends, chronicling the lives of six close-knit friends in New York City, graced screens from 1994 to 2004. Its concluding episode garnered a staggering 52.5 million viewers in the US, marking it as the most-watched TV episode of the 2000s.
A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson told the BBC that first responders went to an address in the Pacific Palisades area, regarding a “water emergency” of an unknown type, but did not name Perry.
Warner Bros, which produced the long-running show whose global reruns were loved by new generations of viewers, described Perry as a “true gift to us all”.
Born in Massachusetts in 1969, Perry was raised in Ottawa, Canada, where he attended elementary school with Justin Trudeau, who later became Canadian prime minister.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, wrote on X: “Matthew Perry’s passing is shocking and saddening. I’ll never forget the schoolyard games we used to play, and I know people around the world are never going to forget the joy he brought them. Thanks for all the laughs, Matthew. You were loved – and you will be missed.”
Perry moved to Los Angeles as a teenager. He starred as Chazz Russell in Boys Will Be Boys and also had roles in shows including Growing Pains.
But he became an international star on Friends, a show which followed the lives of six New Yorkers navigating dating, careers and friendship.
Law enforcement sources informed US media that the actor was discovered deceased at his residence in Los Angeles.
Friends, chronicling the lives of six close-knit friends in New York City, graced screens from 1994 to 2004. Its concluding episode garnered a staggering 52.5 million viewers in the US, marking it as the most-watched TV episode of the 2000s.
