What We’ve Learned About Matthew Perry’s Untimely Death

A source told TMZ that, on the morning of his death, Matthew Perry played pickleball for about two hours before returning to his home when he asked his assistant to run an errand. Upon the assistant’s return, he found Perry unresponsive and called 911. 

This unexpected death of a beloved star at such a young age has rocked Hollywood, and it’s clear from the scene that played out in the hours following his death that his neighbors on Blue Sail Drive were some of the folks who were rocked the most. One neighbor, Peter, spoke to The Los Angeles Times and shared just how out of the blue Perry’s death really was. “It’s shocking,” Peter explained. “He’s been redoing this house forever and he seemed fine. It’s very sad.” At around 7 p.m., as Perry’s neighbors looked on, his mother, Suzanne, and her husband Keith Morrison, a famous Dateline NBC correspondent, arrived at Perry’s home by helicopter. 

His death comes just a few days shy of a year after the release of his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.” In the memoir, Perry shared many intimate details about his decades-long struggle with sobriety, health issues, and even a near-death experience that plagued him as a result of his battle with drugs and alcohol. Upon the release of his memoir, Perry revealed that he had been sober for 18 months. 

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