Five months after the death of actor Matthew Perry, on October 28, 2023, at age 54, details of his will and estate have been revealed.
A series of documents obtained by various American media, such as
People
or
PageSix
, reveal that the protagonist of
Friends
named his friend Lisa Ferguson and producer Robin Ruzan as executors of his estate, in addition to those responsible for the execution of the trust of a million dollars (about 915,350 euros at the current exchange rate) from a fund called Alvy Singer Living Trust, which the actor named in honor of Woody Allen's character in the film
Annie Hall
.
According to
Page Six
, the performer had $1,030,000 in personal assets “which are not limited to jewelry, furniture and belongings, works of art and automobiles.”
This will, signed in 2009, names his father, John Perry, his mother, Suzanne Morrison, her half-sister, Caitlin Morrison, and his ex-girlfriend, Rachel Dunn, as beneficiaries. his inheritance.
One of the most striking details of the will is that the popular interpreter indicated that any children he had would not have the right to access his estate, although he never had them.
Ferguson will appear in the Los Angeles Superior Court on April 10 for a hearing on the will, but Ruzan, executive producer of
Better Things
and the show
Celebrity Liar
, in which Perry participated — and ex-wife of fellow actor Mike Myers —, chose not to co-execute the trust on March 4.
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Coroner's report says Matthew Perry died from effects of ketamine
Actor Matthew Perry was found dead in his home.
The Los Angeles (California) police found him drowned in his
jacuzzi
and at that time, and due to his long history of addictions, there was speculation about whether his death could have been the result of an overdose.
On December 15, 2023, his autopsy confirmed these suspicions: he died from the effects caused by ketamine, a drug consumed for therapeutic purposes and also recreationally.
Authorities believe the drugs caused him to drown.
“The death has been classified as accidental,” the coroner indicated in the document.
The coroner also stated that he had been sober for 19 months.
The actor had long been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy, a drug used in therapeutic treatments and approved since 1970 by the FDA, the regulator of medical products and foods in the United States.
Since 2019 it can be found in a nasal spray known as Spravato and is administered in hundreds of clinics across the country.
The protagonist of
Friends
consumed it to combat depression and anxiety.
Perry's last therapy was a week and a half before his death, according to the report.
The actor had been very open when talking about his past addictions, which he acknowledged more than a decade ago.
In 2013, in an article in People
magazine
, he opened up about his abuse of alcohol and Vicodin, a powerful painkiller derived from an opioid that a doctor had prescribed for him after a jet ski accident in 1997. However, , his greatest confession came through his memoirs, published in 2022 and titled
Friends, Lovers and That Terrible,
where he reported that at the moment of greatest success of the series that made him world famous, he used to consume 55 Vicodin pills a day.
Just six days after his death, his family and some of his loved ones launched a charitable foundation that bears his name and that aims to help people who have the same addiction problems that the actor faced, since was born with the goal of “identifying addiction as a disease, addressing the stigmas that prevent people from seeking and accessing care, and fiercely advocating for better and more equitable treatment,” as detailed on its website.
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Perry's death was a
shock
to both his loved ones and colleagues and his fans.
Her co-stars in
Friends
, actors Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox, were undoubtedly some of those most affected by the sad news, and all of them wrote emotional farewells through their social networks on those that influenced what Perry will always be remembered for: “He made us all laugh.
Laugh and cry and laugh again.”