{"id":19725,"date":"2023-10-31T06:19:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T06:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/friends-cast-utterly-devastated-by-death-of-matthew-perry-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T06:19:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T06:19:59","slug":"friends-cast-utterly-devastated-by-death-of-matthew-perry-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/friends-cast-utterly-devastated-by-death-of-matthew-perry-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Friends&#8217; cast &#8216;utterly devastated&#8217; by death of Matthew Perry | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nLOS ANGELES:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cast of <em>Friends<\/em> said in a joint statement Monday that they have been left &#8220;utterly devastated&#8221; by the sudden death of their co-star Matthew Perry. In their first public reaction since Perry&#8217;s death on Saturday, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer told People magazine, &#8220;We were more than just cast mates. We are a family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perry, 54, was known globally for his portrayal of the wise-cracking character Chandler Bing on the wildly popular <em>Friends<\/em>, which followed the lives of six New Yorkers and ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. First responders found Perry unconscious in a hot tub at his house Saturday and were unable to revive him, law enforcement sources told the <em>Los Angeles Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,&#8221; said the statement, signed by each of Perry&#8217;s five co-stars. &#8220;There is so much to say, but right now we&#8217;re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss,&#8221; they added. &#8220;In time we will say more, as and when we are able. For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty&#8217;s family, his friends, and everyone who loved him around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perry had battled addiction and serious health problems for years, but news of his sudden passing has drawn reaction from Hollywood and fans around the world. The cause of Perry&#8217;s death is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have something to add to the story? Share it in the comments below. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v5.0&#038;appId=419051588770002&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: The cast of Friends said in a joint statement Monday that they have been left &#8220;utterly devastated&#8221; by the sudden death of their co-star Matthew Perry. In their first public reaction since Perry&#8217;s death on Saturday, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer told People magazine, &#8220;We were more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/friends1622094187-0\/friends1622094187-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}