Good grief. Matthew Perry has drowned in his jacuzzi.

[nolabear]

What a strange and terrible thing. I don’t even know what to say.

[MyNameIsJonas]

1. Shades of Whitney Houston.

[malaise]

2. Did he ever kick that vodka addiction.

So sad

[nolabear]

9. He was sure trying.

Didn’t he just write about how terrible it had been? So incredibly sad.

[malaise]

13. He sure spent loads of time in Rehab

trying. Really sad.

[Demovictory9]

19. He got super skinny a few years ago. Gained weight but never looked the same

[blm]

3. Oh geez

😢

[Sympthsical]

4. What?!

Just came through the door and sat at the computer.

Ooft. That’s going to be a thing. He did struggle with substances for a long time.

[Demovictory9]

21. As a group of six, they are superstars

[Sympthsical]

23. One of the first pop culture phenomena for Millennials

A lot of my friends watched it during our teenage years. I was never really into it - I still haven't sat down and watched it to this day. But anyone my age absorbed a lot of it over time from cultural osmosis, and the stars were pretty much pop culture fixtures.

However, there's been a huge resurgence in recent years due to streaming. My partner watches it all the time. I see Gen Zers referencing it all over the place, as it gets a lot of play on YouTube and TikTok. My nieces and nephews make references to it. Its second life has been interesting to observe.

As celebrity deaths go, it's a pretty big deal. All eyes are immediately pivoting to the other five actors and wondering what they'll say.

[Demovictory9]

30. As A boomer, I wasn't into the show but I know each character

How that apartment looks, general idea of the plot

[orleans]

5. tmz link from a couple minutes ago

"'FRIENDS' STAR MATTHEW PERRY
DEAD AT 54 ...
After Apparent Drowning
https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/

[GoCubsGo]

12. I wonder if he might have had some sort of Jacuzzi-related cardiovascular event first.

It's recommended that one doesn't stay in those things more than 15 minutes. The heat can really mess with blood pressure, etc., which could cause one to pass out. Not a good thing when one is submersed in water. Regardless of the cause, it's still very sad. He seemed like a decent guy, in spite of his demons.

[nolabear]

17. I saw one report that said that but no substantiation.

To quote Warren Zevon, “Enjoy every sandwich.”

We are so fragile.

[murielm99]

36. Yes, we are fragile.

Very.

[Demovictory9]

20. Daily fail and drudge hadnt even picked it up yet

[nolabear]

22. Important to note no drugs found.

It’s easy to assume but it could have been cardiac arrest. Ugh. Poor man.

[Demobrat]

6. Wow. Terrible.

I always liked him. He had a nice genuine way about him.

[dsc]

7. Only 54

a year younger than I am. Such a total shame. I know but for circumstance it could be me. I am 23 years sober now. I hope he has found peace.

[Demovictory9]

10. Public health advisements said "dont swim alone" after age 55 or was it 50

Ads used to run a few years ago.

[dsc]

14. Never saw such ads

Not sure I would consider a Jacuzzi swimming but if he had a heart attack I could see it causing him to lose conciousness and drown.

[IbogaProject]

15. Basically past 35

One shouldn't be alone at all past age 35, but here in America plenty of people are isolated.

[Sympthsical]

25. Jacuzzis can aggravate certain heart/cardio problems

Particularly if they're undiagnosed/untreated. My partner had heart surgery for undiagnosed afib in his early 30s and is on medication, and his doctors told him he can probably do a hot tub for short periods, but maybe just avoid the entire situation. Of course, that made him so paranoid, he won't even take warm baths to this day.

It can become one of those, "Ask your doctor" things later in life.

[SoFlaBro]

47. I know a few fucking people that have that goddamn vasal vega fucking shit. No joke.

[ailsagirl]

8. Wh-a-at??

[bdamomma]

11. What????

this is terrible, I guess he was struggling with his demons. So sad.

[2naSalit]

16. How sad!

[Xavier Breath]

18. That's crazy, he was so young. n/t

[Elessar Zappa]

24. This hurts.

I found the character of Chandler hilarious when I was a teenager. And he had just recently achieved sobriety.

[ms liberty]

26. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a brilliant show

Of course I watched Friends, but it was a pop culture sitcom. Studio 60 was more. I'm still pissed off that it got canned so quickly.

[masmdu]

31. same here. studio 60 was brilliant

... probably that's why it got cancelled.

[nuxvomica]

38. I got it on DVD a few years ago

I thought he was just an affable lightweight on Friends, but watching Studio 60 again all these years later I was struck by the brilliance and range of his acting. I recall when it originally ran, the network moved the series around so much viewers sometimes couldn't find it, which killed its chances.

[edisdead]

48. Yes it was

Man studio and another show that got cancelled at that time “the black donnelly’s” both were great and got cancelled. I loved studio and he was great in it.

[blogslug]

27. Very sad

I hope he was happy

[BlueKota]

28. So sad

He was very talented

[elleng]

29. Special in CNN now.

[spooky3]

32. He was an outstanding recreational tennis player. Sad that

That couldn’t save him.

[Demovictory9]

33. Over a dozen life-saving operations, 15 trips to rehab and 6,000 visits to AA: How Matthew Perry spent $9MILLION on batt

Over a dozen life-saving operations, 15 trips to rehab and 6,000 visits to AA: How Matthew Perry spent $9MILLION on battle with drink and drugs addiction - and at one point was told by doctors he had just a 2% chance of surviving

---

As his loved ones raced to the Los Angeles hospital where they were told the then 49-year-old had only a 2 per cent chance of surviving the night, doctors were preparing to connect the Friends star to a machine nicknamed the 'Hail Mary.'

Used to mechanically oxygenate the blood so that the heart and lungs can rest and heal, it is considered a last resort.

Perry, was in need of desperate measures thanks to his years of drug abuse, heavy drinking and dependence on powerful painkillers.

On that touch-and-go night in 2018, his addiction to opioids had left him with pneumonia and a burst colon.

Shortly after being admitted to hospital he slipped into a coma, which would last two weeks.

When he came round he discovered he had been fitted with the colostomy bag he had to wear for the next nine month

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/usshowbiz/article-12684605/Matthew-Perry-9-million-drug-drink-addiction.html

[nolabear]

34. What a terrible testimony. Poor man.

[spooky3]

35. That's awful. He deserved a happier life. Nt

[BigmanPigman]

37. I just read about that.

He put his whole body through Hell for a long time. He didn't even remember 3 years of Friends since he was so fucked up and that is why he couldn't watch any reruns. 55 Oxy a day ....wow.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. How Matthew Perry would like to be remembered

Link to tweet

[GP6971]

41. Hello.

[SYFROYH]

42. Do we still have MIRT?

[nolabear]

43. What did I miss?

Who’d troll a death notice?

[SYFROYH]

45. a new person suggested it Perry might have died from a COVID vax.

[nolabear]

46. Of course they did.

[GuppyGal]

44. He posted an (odd?) Instagram message from the jacuzzi a week before his death.