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Matthew Perry Death: Anti-depressents, COPD drug reportedly discovered at Friends' Chandler Bing's home

Updated on: 30 October,2023 09:29 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Matthew Perry Death: According to a report in TMZ, law enforcement authorities reportedly discovered anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs and a COPD drug at his residence after his demise

Matthew Perry Death: Anti-depressents, COPD drug reportedly discovered at Friends' Chandler Bing's home

Matthew Perry

Key Highlights

  1. There`s a new development in Matthew Perry Death case
  2. Law enforcement authorities reportedly discovered anti-depressants at his residence
  3. COPD drug was also found but no illegal substance was discovered

Matthew Perry Death news is yet to be processed. The Friends actor passed away at the age of 54 due to an alleged accidental drowning at a Los Angeles area home on Saturday. The cops were alerted immediately by his assistant.


Now, according to a report in TMZ, law enforcement authorities reportedly discovered prescribed drugs at Matthew's residence after his demise. The report claimed that no illegal drugs were found. Law enforcement sources reportedly informed TMZ that there were numerous Rx drugs discovered at the actor's house. 


The publication quoted, "Authorities found anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs and a COPD drug in the house." COPD is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and it is often used for people who have emphysema or chronic bronchitis. Matthew, who played the role of Chandler Bing in Friends, was a smoker. 


TMZ also stated that the L.A. County Coroner will conduct a toxicology exam to determine if Matthew had consumed any drugs around the time of his death. It is known that the actor battled alcoholism and addiction. 

Matthew suffered from addiction to drugs and alcohol. He was reportedly on Vicodin for years. While he was working on Friends, Matthew had been in and out of rehab. In his memoir, titled Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew spoke out in detail about his substance abuse issues and revealed that his struggles left him needing 12 surgeries and saw him enter rehab 15 different times, which cost him around $9 million.

In an interview, Matthew revealed the reason behind never watching his own show, Friends. He said, "I was taking 55 Vicodin a day, I weighed 128 lbs, I was on 'Friends' getting watched by 30 million people and that's why I can't watch the show, 'cause I was brutally thin." The actor went on to add that if he did watch the show, he would be able to tell exactly what substances he had taken during each season based on his appearance.

"I didn't watch the show, and haven't watched the show, because I could go, drinking, opiates, drinking, cocaine... I could tell season by season by how I looked. That's why I don't wanna watch it, because that's what I see," the actor said in the interview. 

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