Matthew Perry, star of the hit US comedy series Friends, has been found dead at his Los Angeles home aged 54.
READ MORE: Friends star Matthew Perry dies age 54 as world pays tribute to beloved Chandler Bing actorMassachusetts-born Perry grew up in Canada where he attended school with Justin Trudeau – who is now the country’s prime minister. After moving to LA, Perry starred as Chazz Russell in Boys Will Be Boys and also had roles in shows including sitcom Growing Pains before becoming a global superstar as Chandler.
However, it was when he was first cast in Friends aged 24 that his alcohol addiction began to surface. By the end of the 10th series of the hit show, he became “entrenched in a lot of trouble”, Perry revealed years later. Despite hiding his addiction from public view for years, Perry detailed his struggles in his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers And The Big Terrible Thing. In the opening, he wrote: “Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.”