In the end, the black armchair remained empty forever. Matthew Perry, the actor who gave Chandler Bing the face and laugh on “Friends,” died Oct. 28 at his home in Los Angeles. The assistant found him in his hot tub, as the Tmz website reconstructs. Perry was reportedly playing pickleball on Saturday morning and then asked his assistant to run an errand. When he returned two hours later, he found him unconscious and then called 911. The emergency services would have been alerted to a probable cardiac arrest. The results of the autopsy have now arrived.
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Matthew Perry died as a result of ketamine, a powerful anesthetic. This was revealed by the examination of the 54-year-old actor's body, the results of which were announced today. The Los Angeles County coroner says in the autopsy that Perry also drowned in the “heated end of” the hot tub at his home, but that it was only a minor factor in his death. Coronary artery disease, which he suffered from, and buprenorphine, used to treat opioid disorders, also contributed to his death, according to the report.