{"id":10410,"date":"2023-11-24T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diigital.press\/2023\/11\/friends-and-17-again-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-54-after-reported-drowning\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:42:10","slug":"friends-and-17-again-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-54-after-reported-drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=10410","title":{"rendered":"Friends and 17 Again Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Reported Drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friends star Matthew Perry has reportedly died at 54 years of age.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The tragedy occurred at an L.A. area home in California. Perry was reportedly in Jacuzzi when he was found.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary reports show no signs of drugs in the area or self harm.<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking and developing story with more details to be added.<\/p>\n<p>Perry was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and writer. He was best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom <em class=\"\">Friends<\/em> (1994\u20132004). Perry also starred in the films <em class=\"\">Fools Rush In<\/em> (1997), <em class=\"\">Three to Tango<\/em> (1999), and <em class=\"\">17 Again<\/em> (2009).<\/p>\n<p>Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1969. After graduating from high school, Perry moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He landed his first major role in the NBC sitcom <em class=\"\">Second Chance<\/em> (1987\u20131988).<\/p>\n<p>In 1994, Perry was cast as Chandler Bing in the NBC sitcom <em class=\"\">Friends<\/em>. The show was a huge success, and Perry became one of the most popular actors on television. He played Chandler Bing for ten seasons, until the show ended in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>After <em class=\"\">Friends<\/em> ended, Perry starred in several films and television shows. He had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom <em class=\"\">Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip<\/em> (2006\u20132007). He also starred in the films <em class=\"\">17 Again<\/em> (2009) and <em class=\"\">The Odd Couple<\/em> (2015\u20132017).<\/p>\n<p>Perry died today, October 28, at the age of 54. He was a talented actor and comedian who brought joy to millions of people around the world. He will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends star Matthew Perry has reportedly died at 54 years of age. The tragedy occurred at an L.A. area home in California. Perry was reportedly in Jacuzzi when he was found. Preliminary reports show no signs of drugs in the area or self harm. This is a breaking and developing story with more details to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/C01218A6-E734-4C05-9095-6AD79B33FB20-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}