Matthew Perry: gifted comic actor cherished as Chandler in Friends dead aged 54

Once one of the biggest television stars in the world, Perry, 54, was discovered after apparently drowning in a hot tub at his home. It was reported that Mr Perry had played a two hour game of pickleball at the Riviera Country Club near his home in Pacific Palisades. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman told The Telegraph that officers arrived at his £5.5 million mansion in the Pacific Palisades area at 4.10 pm on Friday afternoon and were investigating his death. “We responded to the 1800 block of Blue Sail Rd for a death investigation of a male in his fifties,” the force said. Perry played Chandler in all 234 episodes of the sitcom Friends, which ran for 10 series from 1994 to 2004. The show transformed his life, catapulting him and his co-stars to fame as it became one of the most successful in TV history, paying each of the five stars £824,500 per episode by the end of the 10th series. #friends #matthew #actor Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.