Matthew Perry, who was best known for playing Chandler Bing on hit sitcom Friends, died in an apparent drowning in the jacuzzi of his Los Angeles home on Saturday (Oct 28). He was 54.
The late actor’s celebrity friends and former co-stars have paid tribute to Perry on social media.
Actress Selma Blair remembered Perry with an Instagram post in which she wrote: “My oldest boy friend. All of us loved Matthew Perry, and I did especially. Every day. I loved him unconditionally. And he me. And I’m broken. Broken hearted. Sweet dreams Matty. Sweet dreams.”
Rumer Willis, Bruce Willis’ daughter who appeared alongside Perry in The Whole Nine Yards, posted: “I’m so sad to hear about Matthew Perry passing.”
Paget Brewster, the Criminal Minds actress who played Kathy on six episodes of Friends, a woman whom Perry’s character Chandler Bing was in love with, wrote: “I’m so very sad to hear about @MatthewPerry. He was lovely to me on Friends and every time I saw him in the decades after. Please read his book. It was his legacy to help. He won’t rest in peace though. He’s already too busy making everyone laugh up there.”
George Takei referred to Perry’s passing as “a tragic piece of news to read” and added that “my heart goes out to his loved ones and long time cast mates”.
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