Matthew Perry
Mourners gathered at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles to pay tribute to the actor
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Actor Matthew Perry, who died Saturday at age 54, was buried Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery at a service attended by relatives and comrades from the hit 1990s television sitcom “Friends,” Show Business reported -Media citing photos.
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Mourners gathered at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, less than a mile from the Warner Bros. studio where the show was filmed. It is also the final resting place of numerous Hollywood stars, including Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball and Elizabeth Taylor.
Perry, who played wisecracking Chandler Bing on “Friends” from 1994 to 2004, was found dead in his Los Angeles home, sparking widespread sadness from fans and other celebrities.
The show’s five surviving co-stars paid tribute to Perry in a joint message on Monday, lamenting his death as an “unbelievable loss.”
Media outlets such as TMZ and the New York Post’s Page Six covered the event on Friday and published long-distance and aerial photos of people in attendance.
All five Friends co-stars — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — were there, TMZ said.
Page Six said Perry’s father, John Bennett Perry, and his stepfather, Keith Morrison, were also there.
According to TMZ, a total of about 20 people dressed in black were present and gathered around a gravesite.
Forest Hills did not respond to a Portal request for confirmation.
The Friends co-stars issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying they were “completely devastated by the loss” and adding that they would have more to say as time goes on.
The cause and manner of Perry’s death remain to be determined by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office following the completion of an autopsy and toxicology tests.
Perry’s death came a year after the publication of his memoir “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” in which he detailed his decades-long battle with addiction to prescription painkillers and alcohol. At the time, Perry said he had been sober for about 18 months.
Also on Friday, a foundation was launched in Perry’s name to support people struggling with addiction.
The Matthew Perry Foundation “will honor his legacy and be guided by his own words and experiences and driven by his passion to change as many lives as possible,” its website says.
The website opens with a quote from Perry that says, “When I die, I don’t want friends to be the first thing mentioned – I want helping others to be the first thing mentioned.”
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