# Why did Matthew Perry's colon explode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 10, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-matthew-perrys-colon-explode/976304 "2022-12-10T17:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-matthew-perrys-colon-explode/976304/11 "2022-12-10T23:42:23Z")
Earlier thread about a celebrity colon: > [@John Wayne's Colon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-waynes-colon/11156): > > I’m not sure if this is a UL or just local bullshit. I’m interested to see if: (1) anyone else here has heard this, and (2) if it is the UL bullshit I suspect it is. Every now and again, at the local bar, somebody will bring up this tidbit of cute celebrity autopsy trivia: “John Wayne had 26 pounds of feces [to polite it up a bit] in his intestines when he died.” First, I coulda swore he died of lung cancer (nuclear testing in Nevada, fallout, etc.). But–those that love bringing this subject … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-matthew-perrys-colon-explode/976304)._