2023-11-04 18:55:02
The 54-year-old actor died on Saturday October 28 at his residence in California. The ceremony was held in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery, located on the heights of Hollywood where stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson rest.
His Friends were all there but the ceremony took place out of sight, far from the tributes that were paid to him around the world. American actor Matthew Perry, who played the hilarious Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom, was buried in the strictest privacy on Friday, November 3, on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
Aged 54, the actor was found unconscious on Saturday October 28 by his assistant in his jacuzzi at his home in Los Angeles. “The ceremony was held in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles, near Warner Bros. Studios,” People magazine reported, citing an anonymous source. The ceremony would have lasted approximately two hours. The prestigious cemetery, located on the heights of Hollywood and where legendary stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson rest, has not yet confirmed the information.
The actors of the series Friends, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, with whom Matthew Perry shared a great friendship, were all in attendance according to the TMZ website, as well as his parents including his father, actor John Bennett Perry. The images of the ceremony are all taken by paparazzi or drones.
“We are all totally devastated by the loss of Matthew,” they said in a joint statement on Monday, assuring that they were “more than just film colleagues”, but, quite simply, “a family.” His mother, his father – actor John Bennett Perry – and his stepfather were also present according to American media.
The co-creators of the series, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, also reacted. “We are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened… It still seems impossible,” they explained in a joint statement with executive producer Kevin Bright.
The causes of the actor’s death are still not known. Matthew Perry struggled for years with his addiction to drugs and alcohol. In his memoir published last year, he said he had undergone 65 detoxification sessions, spending more than $9 million on these treatments. He had also undergone several surgeries related to his drug addiction problems, including a seven-hour operation on his colon in 2018, going so far as to say one day: “I should be dead.”
During a recent television appearance, the actor also surprised the audience by admitting to having suffered from severe anxiety “every night” while filming Friends.
According to the specialized media TMZ, no drugs were found at the scene of the actor’s death and there is no indication that it might be a criminal act.
His unexpected death sparked a flood of tributes, from major Hollywood figures to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A true cultural phenomenon, Friends has left its mark on more than one generation of viewers. It tells the adventures of a group of happy friends – Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Ross and Chandler – in New York, peppered with romantic relationships.
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