Matthew Perry’s will leaves more than $1 million in trust named after Woody Allen character – five months after Friends star’s death at 54

Matthew Perry’s will left more than $1 million in a trust he created named after a famous Woody Allen movie character.

According to legal documents obtained by TMZThe late Friends star, who died of a ketamine overdose on October 28, 2023 at the age of 54, made a will in 2009 in which he said he wanted to “leave the majority of his assets to a trust.”

He created the trust called the Alvy Singer Living Trust – named after Allen’s 1977 Annie Hall character.

The documents list the value of the star’s personal property as ‘just over $1 million’ – this money is what his executors have found as additional assets not yet in his private trust.

Perry was worth an estimated $120 million. The star who died without ever having children had made a distinction in his will that any children he had after 2009 would not have an ‘explicit right’ to his fortune.

Lisa Ferguson and Mike Myers’ ex-wife Robin Ruzan are listed as executors of the will – both Perry and Ruzan worked on the game show Celebrity Liar in the 2010s.

The Chandler Bing actor – who starred on Friends from 1994 to 2004 – reportedly made $20 million a year from residuals from the show.

Perry’s parents will likely assume his acting rights, as well as other parts of his estate, including his 2022 memoir, according to Day Pitney trusts and estate partner Tasha Dickinson.

Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine” and drowning, his autopsy revealed – with the actor having similar amounts of ketamine in his system as a hospital patient under general anesthesia.

“The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner has determined the cause of death of 54-year-old actor Matthew Langford Perry to be the acute effects of ketamine,” the Los Angeles coroner’s office said.

‘Factors contributing to Mr. Perry’s death include drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of death is accidental.”

Perry was found face down in the hot tub attached to the pool at his Los Angeles home on October 28 at 4:17 p.m., stunning the showbiz world and breaking the hearts of fans around the world.

He had been receiving ketamine infusion therapy as a treatment for depression, the medical examiner reported — but the last session was a week and a half before he died, and the ketamine is only in your system for three to four hours, meaning it didn’t happen. lead directly to his death.

Perry died from the ‘acute effects of ketamine’ and drowning, his autopsy revealed – with the actor having similar amounts of ketamine in his system as a hospital patient under general anesthesia (photo 2017)

He created the trust called the Alvy Singer Living Trust – named after Allen’s Annie Hall character (pictured with Diane Keaton)

Mike Myers’ ex-wife, Robin Ruzan, is listed as one of the executors of Perry’s will – both Perry and Ruzan worked on the game show Celebrity Liar in the 2010s (pictured with Myers in 2004)

The Chandler Bing actor – who starred in Friends from 1994 to 2004 – reportedly made $20 million a year from residuals from the show (1997 photo)

Perry published a memoir in 2022 titled “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” in which he spoke openly about his battle with addiction

“At the high levels of ketamine found in his post-mortem blood samples, the main lethal effects would be due to both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,” concluded the medical examiner, Raffi Djabourian.

Perry’s blood ketamine levels were 3,540 ng/ml in peripheral blood and 3,271 ng/ml in central blood.

For a patient under general anesthesia in a hospital, a blood ketamine level of 1,000-6,000 ng/ml would be normal, the medical examiner explained.

‘Drowning is a contributing factor due to the likelihood of him ending up in the pool while losing consciousness; Coronary artery disease contributes due to exacerbation of ketamine-induced myocardial effects on the heart.

‘The effects of bufrenorphine are listed as contributing even though they are not at toxic levels, due to the additive respiratory effects when present with high levels of ketamine.’

He had no alcohol, cocaine, heroin, meth or fentanyl in his system.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and the medical examiner performed the autopsy on October 29.