‘He Was A True Gift To Us All’: People Paid Tribute To The Late Matthew Perry After His Sudden Passing

On Saturday, Matthew Perry, the beloved actor best known for playing sarcastic Chandler Bing on Friends, was found dead at his Los Angeles home. He was 54. The cause of death has currently not been public, but his sudden passing left the world shocked. Tributes soon poured in, from friends and fans alike.

“We are devastated to learn of Matthew Perry’s passing. He was a true gift to us all,” wrote the official Friends account on X. “Our heart goes out to his family, loved ones, and all of his fans.”

— FRIENDS (@FriendsTV) October 29, 2023

“What a loss,” wrote Maggie Wheeler, who spent 19 episodes over the show’s run as his squeaky-voiced, on-again-off-again girlfriend Janice. “The world will miss you Mathew Perry . The joy you brought to so many in your too short lifetime will live on. I feel so very blessed by every creative moment we shared.”

Paget Brewster played another Chandler love interest. She was Kathy, a woman seeing Joey (Matt LeBlanc), but who wound up having a closer bond with Chandler, jeopardizing their friendship. “I’m so very sad to hear about @MatthewPerry,” Brewster wrote. “He was lovely to me on Friends and every time I saw him in the decades after. Please read his book. It was his legacy to help. He won’t rest in peace though.. He’s already too busy making everyone laugh up there.”

— paget brewster (@pagetpaget) October 29, 2023

“I’m heartbroken about the untimely death of my ‘son’, Matthew Perry,” posted Morgan Fairchild, who played Chandler’s mom. “The loss of such a brilliant young actor is a shock. I’m sending love & condolences to his friends & family, especially his dad, John Bennett Perry, who I worked with on Flamingo Road & Falcon Crest.”

— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) October 29, 2023

Selma Blair, who appeared on a 2002 episode of Friends, called Perry her “oldest boyfriend,” writing, “All of us loved Matthew Perry, and I did especially. Every day. I loved him unconditionally. And he me. And I’m broken. Broken hearted. Sweet dreams Matty. Sweet dreams.”

Perry spent a large chunk of his life battling addiction issues. He wrote about his struggles, including several stints in rehab, in his memoir, which came out last year. Mira Sorvino, who acted with him in the TV movie Parallel Lives, called him a “sweet, troubled soul,” adding, “May you find peace and happiness in Heaven, making everyone laugh with your singular wit!!!”

https://twitter.com/MiraSorvino/status/1718432206677540958

Another actress who knew him was Meredith Salenger, who acted alongside him in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon. “Matthew and I have known each other since [we] were 16 years old. Oh man. No words,” she wrote on X. She also posted various pictures of the two, including one on a recent picket line.