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a brief statement published by People magazine, actors Jennifer
Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David
Schwimmer spoke out publicly for the first time since news broke
that Perry was found lifeless in the jacuzzi of his Los Angeles
home on Saturday. He was 54.
"We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We
were more than just cast mates. We are a family," the statement
said. "There is so much to say, but right now we're going to
take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss."
The five former co-stars promised they would have more to say in
time, "when we are able," adding, "For now, our thoughts and our
love are with Matty's family, his friends and everyone who loved
him around the world."
The cause and manner of Perry's death are to be determined by
the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office, following
completion of an autopsy with toxicology tests.
Perry's death came one year after publication of his memoir,
"Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," which chronicled
his decades-long struggle with addition to prescription
painkillers and alcohol. At the time, Perry said he had been
sober for about 18 months.
Perry gained fame and remains best known for his celebrated role
as the sardonically wise-cracking statistical analyst Chandler
Bing on "Friends," which ranked among the top-10 prime time
television series for much of its original 10-year run on the
NBC network from 1994 to 2004.
The series, still popular in syndication, co-starred Perry and
the rest of the ensemble "Friends" cast as a close-knit group of
young singles who shared space and antics in each other's
apartments and hung out together at the fictional Manhattan
coffee house the "Central Perk."
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Lincoln
Feast.)
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