Actor Matthew Perry died this Sunday at the age of 54. Chandler Bing from the popular series Friends has been found dead in a jacuzzi in the North American city of Los Angeles.
Colleagues, friends and fans from all over the world are mourning his death and posting thousands of messages of condolences and remembrance on social media. Below, five moments from the American actor’s career.
Matthew Langford Perry was born in the town of Williamstown (United States) on August 19, 1969. Like the rest of the actors in the series, his life changed as a result of his participation in Friends, which became a global television phenomenon. . It first aired on September 22, 1994 on NBC.
Throughout the long-running series, Perry, or rather Chandler, left countless scenes in which he managed to make half the world laugh. It is impossible to choose one, but his goodbye based on kisses to the rest of the characters before going to work is one of the ones that is circulating the most on Twitter during these sad hours.
Perry was once asked on Good Morning America what Chandler’s funniest scene was in his opinion. She chose one where Joey was unable to estimate how old he was in 1990 and Chandler snapped, “You have to remove the swab when you feel resistance.” The scene is from the second season.
It was Chandler who was in charge of saying the last sentence of the series Friends. It aired in May 2004, leaving thousands of fans orphaned by what The Hollywood Reporter considered the best series in history.
Obviously, not all of Matthew Perry’s career was summarized in his participation as one of the protagonists of Friends. Beyond the famous television series, Perry starred in films such as The Ron Clark Story, 17 Again, Fools Rush In or The Whole Nine Yards, in which he shared the screen with Bruce Willis.
