Saying goodbye to "a bit of our childhood"...
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00:00 Fans of the late Matthew Perry, paying tribute to the friend, star outside his on-screen
00:05 New York residence. Perry starred as the eccentric and sarcastic Chandler Bing in all ten seasons
00:10 of the iconic US sitcom. He was found unresponsive in his LA home on Sunday and later pronounced
00:15 dead by police.
00:16 He was such a heartwarming, kind, uplifting person that I feel like everyone could just
00:25 turn on the TV and feel immediately comforted by him.
00:28 I actually watch it almost every day. So I think he brought a lot of himself into the
00:32 character and transformed it into something more than what it was.
00:37 While the 54-year-old was beloved for his sharp wit and goofy mannerisms on screen,
00:41 he battled addiction and serious health problems off screen, many of which he wrote about in
00:46 his memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
00:50 In the last year, he was at peace. I mean, his book came out a year ago and he said on
00:55 all of those interviews that he was in such a good place at this point in his life and
00:59 he had really been able to get a hold of his demons and find a way through it.
01:04 LA police say an investigation has been opened into the star's death, but foul play has been
01:08 ruled out. Perry was nominated for five Emmy Awards in his lifetime.
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