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The actor has died after an apparent drowning.
Friendsstar Matthew Perryhas died at age 54after an apparent drowning, a representative for the actorconfirmed to NBC News.
Perry is most famous for his work playingChandler Bing onFriends, which ran from 1994 to 2004.
Despite his success onFriends, Perry described feelinginsecure about his comedic ability.
Its not healthy, for sure.
If I didnt get the laugh I was supposed to get, I would freak out.
Regardless, his cast members often lauded his skills.
I love that guy, LeBlancsaid in 2016 during a Television Critics Association press tour.
We still have this shorthand with one another.
Its amazing, really.
Perry was most recently engaged to literary manager Molly Hurwitz butcalled off the engagementin June 2021.
Sometimes things just dont work out and this is one of them, he said in a statement toPeople.
I wish Molly the best.
He previously datedBaywatchstar Yasmine Bleeth and, briefly,Julia Roberts, around the time she guest-starred onFriends.
Dating Julia Roberts had been too much for me.
I had been constantly certain that she was going to break up with me.
Why would she not?
Perry was also open about his history with substance abuse.
Its like penguins,he toldPeopleat the time.
They walk around it until that penguin can walk on its own.
Thats kind of what the cast did for me.
I love Matthew a lot, Kudrow told theNew York Timesin 2022.
Were part of a family.
Im basically ending this with Ill be there for you [theFriendstheme song], but its true.
Ill always be there for him.
This post has been updated.
