# Matthew Perry from Friends dies, RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 29, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250 "2023-10-29T00:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/61 "2023-10-29T22:31:53Z")
NBC News is reporting that Perry drowned. Also that a toxicology report will take six weeks or more. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/62 "2023-10-29T22:38:01Z")
Wow, today i learned Corey Haim is dead, and has been dead for 13 years. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/63 "2023-10-29T22:46:51Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I didn’t care for _Friends_, but Perry had some of the best lines when I happened to catch it. Yeah, this is me. I tried it, but I just didn’t like _Friends._ Perry seemed decent though, and I liked him in other things I saw him in. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/64 "2023-10-29T22:57:22Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Wow, today i learned Corey Haim is dead, and has been dead for 13 years. The opposite of an Abe Vigoda, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/65 "2023-10-29T22:57:58Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Yeah, this is me. I tried it, but I just didn’t like _Friends._ Perry seemed decent though, and I liked him in other things I saw him in. RIP. I always say I never saw the show, but I think I saw one episode from when it was fresh and new. Any clips I’ve seen made it pretty clear Perry was the funniest one. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/66 "2023-10-29T23:02:17Z")
I’ve seen it enough times to know when to clap four times. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/67 "2023-10-29T23:18:31Z")
Yeah, I’m betting that he had some sort of cardiovascular damage from his addictions, and combining that with pickleball & a jacuzzi caused some sort of heart attack that ultimately caused him to drown. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/68 "2023-10-30T00:02:17Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I’ve seen it enough times to know when to clap four times. I…don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/69 "2023-10-30T00:10:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I…don’t get it. There’s a distinctive rapid clap in the Friends theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Digger11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/70 "2023-10-30T00:32:04Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Also - “incredibly tacky” in a thread where people are making “could he BE any more dead” jokes? That particular joke is referencing the character that he is most closely associated with, and is therefore a tribute, not tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/71 "2023-10-30T00:48:26Z")
Or he could’ve had a blood pressure drop - live vasovagel thing (I’ve gotten them at times) - and he just slipped under water. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/72 "2023-10-30T01:00:13Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Also - “incredibly tacky” in a thread where people are making “could he BE any more dead” jokes? As the guy who said it up thread, it’s an homage to his Chandler Bing character that a fully expect Friends fans to get. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/73 "2023-10-30T01:04:02Z")
> [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > As the guy who said it up thread, it’s an homage to his Chandler Bing character that a fully expect Friends fans to get. Of course. I wasn’t saying the joke was inappropriate, I was citing it as an example of the spirit in which people were approaching the thread - something I’m sure Perry would have approved of. Along with frank discussion of his addiction problems and the fact that they may have contributed to his early death. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/74 "2023-10-30T01:10:35Z")
[Matt LeBlanc and Jimmy Fallon debated the actual number of claps.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlCZ4djQhZc&ab_channel=TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon) ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/75 "2023-10-30T01:17:11Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I wasn’t saying the joke was inappropriate, I was citing it as an example of the spirit in which people were approaching the thread - something I’m sure Perry would have approved of Understood. I will get back to working on my WENUS. ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/76 "2023-10-30T03:31:13Z")
I agree that I’m shocked but not surprised. I did wonder at relapse but reading about the exercise, then into a hot tub, sounds like a bad combo for him. I really liked Studio 60. Sorkin wrote that role for Matthew Perry and he did it well. I did watch some of his other shows, like Go On and Mr Sunshine. Seemed like he was trying things then. I never saw Odd Couple which lasted longest after Friends for him. “Good bye, Mr Heckles. We’ll try and keep it down.” ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/77 "2023-10-30T14:28:08Z")
Very sad. He was my favorite Friend. I just found out a few weeks ago that Keith Morrison is his step-father. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/78 "2023-10-30T14:46:54Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I also yell _pivot!_ when appropriate…but, that is Matthew Perry adjacent. I had to laugh (and thought of this thread) while catching up on episodes of “The Amazing Race” this weekend. In one leg they were in Vietnam and had a challenge where teams had to carry four foam mattresses from a truck to a hotel about a quarter mile away, then up three flights of stairs to one of the rooms. As they were going up the stairs they would yell “Pivot!” 😅 (Although as you say that’s just Matthew Perry adjacent, because it was actually Ross yelling “Pivot!”, right?) RIP Matthew. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/79 "2023-10-30T15:20:08Z")
I saw they gave him the final line of the show because of how good he was at comedic timing. I guess they said “Let’s go get coffee.” He paused just perfect and said, “Where???” Gotta love him. It’d be like Norm asking Cliff where they should get a beer. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250/80 "2023-10-30T15:40:52Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > As they were going up the stairs they would yell “Pivot!” Did one of them then reply, “SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!” ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250.md?page=5)