Matthew Perry laid to rest at private funeral: report

Saying goodbye to their friend.

According to multiple sources, Matthew Perry was buried in a private funeral on Friday, November 3. The service was reportedly held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, near the Warner Bros. lot. Studios where Friends had been filmed.

Perry’s former castmates Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc And David Schwimmer were reportedly present, per TMZalong with Perry’s mother, Suzanne Morrisonhis father, John Bennett Perryand his stepfather, Keith Morrison.

The funeral comes almost a week after Matthew’s sudden death at the age of 54 on Saturday, October 28. The actor was “found unconscious in a detached Jacuzzi” by law enforcement officers at his Pacific Palisades home, with a statement from the Los Angeles Times. The Angeles Fire Department on Monday, October 30, confirmed that he “died prior to the arrival of the first responder.” His official cause of death has yet to be confirmed pending a toxicology report.

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Earlier on Friday, it was announced that Matthew’s legacy will live on through the Matthew Perry Foundation, which will help people “struggling with the disease of addiction.” The charity is already active and accepting donations, and will be “guided by his own words and experiences and driven by his passion to make a difference in as many lives as possible.”

Throughout his life, Matthew did not shy away from discussing his own addiction issues, which he described in his 2022 memoir: Friends lovers and the big terrible thing. However, Matthew – who portrayed the witty Chandler Bing Friends for ten seasons, from 1994 to 2004, he said he wanted to be remembered for more than just his role on the hit sitcom.

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“If I die, as far as my so-called achievements go, it would be nice if I did Friends were far behind the things I did to help other people,” he said in a November 2022 episode of the “Q with Tom Powerpodcast. “I know it won’t happen, but it would be nice.”

He continued, “The best thing about me, bar none, is when an alcoholic or drug addict comes up to me and says, ‘Will you help me?’ I can say yes, follow up and do it. When I die, I don’t want Friends to be the first thing mentioned. I want this to be the first thing that comes up, and I will spend the rest of my life proving that.”

Perry might not have wanted this Friends it was his only legacy, but it was certainly a big part of life — especially in the bonds he made with costars. The cast paid tribute to their old friend on Monday.

“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just castmates. We are a family,” said Aniston, 54, Cox, 59, Kudrow, 60, LeBlanc, 56, and Schwimmer, 57, We weekly in a joint statement Monday. “There is so much to say, but right now we are going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss.”

Earlier this week, Jim Burrowswho directed 15 episodes Friends, said that the women in the cast found Perry’s death particularly difficult. “I texted the girls the day we found out,” he said in the Thursday, November 2 episode Today show. “They were destroyed. It is a brother who is dying.”