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R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends")

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  R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2023-10-29 13:56 +1300
    Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid> - 2023-10-28 18:03 -0700
      Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2023-10-29 17:06 +1300
        Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") A Friend <nope@noway.com> - 2023-10-29 00:35 -0400
    Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> - 2023-10-28 21:04 -0400
      Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com> - 2023-10-28 21:36 -0700
        Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> - 2023-10-29 04:22 -0500
        Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2023-10-29 16:35 +0000
          Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com> - 2023-10-29 09:46 -0700
        Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") "Bering Sea Bar & Brig" <jgrove24@hotmail.com> - 2023-10-29 13:04 -0700
        Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> - 2023-10-29 18:13 -0400
          Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> - 2023-10-29 22:20 +0000
            Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> - 2023-10-29 21:23 -0400
              Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") A Friend <nope@noway.com> - 2023-10-29 22:52 -0400
            Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> - 2023-10-30 04:56 -0500
              Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> - 2023-10-30 09:37 -0400
                Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> - 2023-10-31 15:37 -0400
                Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> - 2023-11-01 05:47 -0500
                  Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> - 2023-11-01 18:40 +0000
                    Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> - 2023-11-01 15:29 -0400
    Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> - 2023-10-28 18:36 -0700
    Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2023-10-29 12:53 -0400
      Re: R.I.P. Matthew Perry (Chandler in "Friends") Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> - 2023-10-31 15:41 -0400

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#1688102

Fromanim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
Date2023-10-28 18:36 -0700
Message-ID<191058788.720235871.430173.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>
In reply to#1688096
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-28/freinds-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-56

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dead at 54, found in hot tub, sources say

 A close up of a smiling man with a stubbly beard
Matthew Perry arrives at the premiere of “The Invention of Lying” in Los
Angeles on Sept. 21, 2009. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
BY RICHARD WINTON, MATT BRENNAN
OCT. 28, 2023 5:37 PM PT

“Friends” star Mathew Perry was found dead Saturday in a hot tub at his Los
Angeles home, law enforcement sources said.

Authorities responded about 4 p.m. to his home, where he was discovered
unresponsive. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the
investigation was ongoing, did not cite a cause of death. There was no sign
of foul play, the sources added.

Los Angeles Police Department’s robbery-homicide detectives are
investigating the death.

Perry, the son of actor John Bennett Perry and Suzanne Marie Langford,
onetime press secretary of Canadian Prime Minister Piere Trudeau, was born
in 1969 and grew up between Montreal and Los Angeles after his parents
separated when Perry was 1.

He got his start as a child actor, landing guest spots “Charles in Charge”
and “Beverly Hills 90210” and playing opposite River Phoenix in the film “A
Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon” in the 1980s and early 1990s. But his
big break came when he was cast in “Friends” — originally titled “Friends
Like Us” — a sitcom about six single New Yorkers navigating adulthood that
premiered on NBC in 1994. It soon became a juggernaut, the anchor of the
network’s vaunted Thursday-night “Must-See TV” lineup, and turned Perry and
his cast mates, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Leblanc
and David Schwimmer into mega-stars almost overnight.

As Chandler Bing, the handsome, wisecracking roommate of Leblanc’s Joey
Tribbiani and, later, love interest of the fastidious Monica Geller, Perry
distinguished himself in a crackling ensemble cast with his dry delivery,
creating a catchphrase with a mere turn of inflection: Could he be any more
Chandler? It led to a leading-man role opposite Salma Hayek in the 1997
rom-com “Fools Rush In,” key parts in backstage dramedy “Studio 60 on the
Sunset Strip” and therapy sitcom “Go On,” plus a steady diet of guest
appearances on acclaimed shows like “The West Wing” and “The Good Wife.”

There was a dark side to the life of one of television’s most beloved
funnymen, however. In his 2022 memoir “Friends, Lovers, and the Big
Terrible Thing,” Perry recounted his lifelong struggle with addiction to
alcohol and opioids, which led to multiple stints in rehab and a number of
serious health issues, including a five-month hospitalization in 2018
following a colon rupture that left him, he wrote, with a two percent
chance to live through the night.

“Nobody wanted to be famous more than me,” Perry told The Times in April,
discussing “Big Terrible Thing” at the Festival of Books. “I was convinced
it was the answer. I was 25, it was the second year of ‘Friends,’ and eight
months into it, I realized the American dream is not making me happy, not
filling the holes in my life. I couldn’t get enough attention. … Fame does
not do what you think it’s going to do. It was all a trick.”


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#1688529

FromRhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
Date2023-10-29 12:53 -0400
Message-ID<20231029125340.00005f3d@example.com>
In reply to#1688096
On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 13:56:10 +1300
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> A "breaking news story", so not a lot of information yet. According
> to some other reports, he was found drowned in a jacuzzi / hottub.
> 
> 
>     Matthew Perry, 'Friends' Star, Dies at 54
>     -----------------------------------------
>     Matthew Perry, known for playing Chandler Bing on the hit NBC
>     sitcom "Friends," has died, LA Times reports. He was 54.
> 
>     Perry gained international recognition for his role as Chandler
>     on "Friends" from 1994 to 2004, which ran for 10 seasons. The
>     actor received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2002 for his
>     performance in the beloved sitcom.
> 
>     Along with "Friends," Perry appeared in such television series
>     as "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," "Go On" and "The Odd
>     Couple." Perry was the co-creator, executive producer and star
>     of the ABC sitcom "Mr. Sunshine," which ran from February to
>     April 2011.
> 
>     <https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/matthew-perry-dead-1235772013/>
> 
Our Dear Leader, whose precipitous fall in the polls is so bad now that
he's had to back away from part of his cornerstone climate plan, is now
trying to regain some glory by remembering his acquaintance with
Matthew Perry, even if it was as a victim of Perry's bullying....

https://deadline.com/2023/10/justin-trudeau-emotional-tribute-to-friends-star-matthew-perry-1235586498/

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#1689635

FromUbiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
Date2023-10-31 15:41 -0400
Message-ID<uhrl8l$16avu$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#1688529
no_offline_contact@example.com wrote:

>Our Dear Leader, whose precipitous fall in the polls is so bad now that
>he's had to back away from part of his cornerstone climate plan, is now
>trying to regain some glory by remembering his acquaintance with
>Matthew Perry, even if it was as a victim of Perry's bullying....

Phew! I thought you were talking about senile Resident Joke Biden!

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