{"id":49947,"date":"2023-10-30T18:27:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/30\/friends-guest-stars-pay-tribute-to-matthew-perry-after-his-death\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:27:50","slug":"friends-guest-stars-pay-tribute-to-matthew-perry-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/30\/friends-guest-stars-pay-tribute-to-matthew-perry-after-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Friends&#8217; Guest Stars Pay Tribute to Matthew Perry After His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-current\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Friends<\/em><\/a> guest stars are reflecting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/matthew-perry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Perry<\/a>\u2018s legacy following his death from an apparent drowning.<\/p>\n<p>The actor died at age 54 on Saturday, October 30, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/matthew-perry-dead-at-54-after-apparent-drowning-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after police responded to a call of someone in cardiac arrest<\/a> at a Los Angeles home. The authorities found Perry unconscious in a jacuzzi, and while there was no sign of foul play, detectives are still investigating his death.<\/p>\n<p>Perry\u2019s family released a statement about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/matthew-perrys-family-is-heartbroken-by-death-spotted-at-his-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how \u201cheartbroken\u201d they are by the loss<\/a>. \u201cMatthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend. You all meant so much to him and we appreciate the tremendous outpouring of love,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Before his death, Perry delivered memorable performances in movies such as <em>Fools Rush In, Three to Tango, The Whole Nine Yards, Serving Sara <\/em>and<em> 17 Again<\/em>. His humor also left an impression in projects on the small screen including <em>Ally McBeal, The West Wing, Mr. Sunshine, Go On <\/em>and<em> The Odd Couple<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Perry was best known, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/friends-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for his portrayal of Chandler Bing on <em>Friends<\/em><\/a>. The sitcom, which ran from 1994 to 2004, followed a group of friends in New York City and starred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jennifer-aniston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jennifer Aniston<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/courteney-cox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Courteney Cox<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/lisa-kudrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lisa Kudrow<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/matt-leblanc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Matt LeBlanc<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/david-schwimmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>David Schwimmer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cocreators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/friends-creators-marta-kauffman-and-david-crane-mourn-matthew-perry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Marta Kauffman<\/strong> and <strong>David Crane<\/strong> paid tribute to Perry<\/a> after his death.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened by our beloved friend Matthew\u2019s passing. It still seems impossible. All we can say is that we feel blessed to have had him as part of our lives,\u201d their joint statement with executive producer <strong>Kevin Bright<\/strong> read on Sunday, October 29. \u201cHe was a brilliant talent. It\u2019s a cliche to say that an actor makes a role their own, but in Matthew\u2019s case, there are no truer words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scroll on for tributes to Perry from <em>Friends<\/em> guest stars:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/friends-guest-stars-pay-tribute-to-matthew-perry-after-his-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends guest stars are reflecting on Matthew Perry\u2018s legacy following his death from an apparent drowning. The actor died at age 54 on Saturday, October 30, after police responded to a call of someone in cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles home. The authorities found Perry unconscious in a jacuzzi, and while there was no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}