Initial autopsy results for Matthew Perry are inconclusive and a toxicology report is pending, authorities said Sunday.
According to a report released by the Los Angeles County coroner, the cause of death has been “deferred” and further investigation has been requested before a decision is made.
Although an official conclusion is unlikely to be released for several weeks, the coroner’s office said the body was ready to be returned to the family.
The “Friends” star died Saturday after apparently drowning in the hot tub at her Pacific Palisades home. He was 54 years old.
A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman, Brian Humphrey, said first responders responded to a 911 call responding to a “water emergency” at a home in Pacific Palisades on Saturday evening.
Perry is best known for his role as Chandler Bing on “Friends,” the 1990s NBC sitcom about a group of six friends in their 20s living in New York City. He joined the cast at the age of 24.
The show ran for ten seasons from 1994 to 2004.
Perry also appeared on several other television shows, including “Boys Will Be Boys,” “Growing Pains,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The West Wing” and “Scrubs.”
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