On October 28, 2023, the star of the series “Friends” was found unconscious in his jacuzzi. If the death of Matthew Perry has since been qualified as accidental, the investigations are not quite finished.
Seven months later, the circumstances of Matthew Perry’s death remain unclear, so much so that an investigation is still underway. As reported by AFP, the Los Angeles police announced Tuesday that they were continuing their investigations with the help of the Federal Anti-Drug Police (DEA) and the United States Postal Police (USPIS), “based on the report of forensic medicine”.
Aged 54, the star of the series “Friends” was found unconscious on October 28 by his assistant in a jacuzzi at his home in Los Angeles. According to the report from the Los Angeles County Bureau of Forensic Medicine, the man who played “Chandler Bing” died from the “acute effects” of taking ketamine. His death was described as an “accident” but remains under investigation.
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Ketamine, an anesthetic sometimes misused for stimulating or euphoric purposes, was taken by the actor in a supervised manner as part of therapy sessions for depression. The police are now seeking to understand how Matthew Perry was able to obtain ketamine outside of a supervised session…
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Was the investigation relaunched at the request of his ex-partner Kayti Edwards? Last March, she suggested that she suspected the actor’s medical entourage of providing him with ketamine outside of supervised sessions.
A life of fighting addictions
Playing one of the audience’s favorite characters, Matthew Perry struggled for years with his addiction to painkillers and alcohol. In his memoirs a few months before his death, the actor confided having followed 65 withdrawal sessions, spending more than nine million dollars.
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He had also undergone several surgeries related to his drug addiction problems, including a seven-hour colon operation in 2018, going so far as to say one day: “I should be dead”. The star had also planned his will well before his death.
Flowerbed at the foot of the building from the series “Friends”, following the death of Matthew Perry, in New York, October 30, 2023.
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The premature death of Matthew Perry sparked a flood of tributes, ranging from major Hollywood figures to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. His “Friends” comrades, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer, had of course shared their grief before attending their friend’s funeral in Los Angeles.
