Matthew Perry had suffered with addiction for decades before his shock death aged just 54.
“Reason I’m still here”: The troubled Friends star appeared to finally get on top of his dark, decades-long struggles before his tragic passing.The star shared every harrowing detail of his struggles in his recently-published and was speaking with renewed purpose about his future after finally getting his demons under control.
“I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that’s called a Hail Mary. No one survives that.”In the subsequent book publicity blitz last year, Perry spoke candidly and emotionally about the despair and loneliness he’d felt at the height of fame as he desperately tried to regain control of his life.
“It’s important, but if you lose your sobriety, it doesn’t mean you lose all that time and education. Your sober date changes, but that’s all. As long as you were able to fight your way back without dying, you learn a lot,” Perry said, adding that his darkest times had made him stronger “in every way”.“I’m most surprised with my resilience. The way that I can bounce back from all this torture and awfulness.
Sources say the actor died on Saturday in Los Angeles shortly after finishing a two hour game of pickleball. Other reports suggest he drowned in his hot tub.at the age of 24, and that at its horrifying peak, he was taking 55 Vicodin a day and weighed only 58kgs. “I couldn’t stop because the disease and the addiction is progressive. So it gets worse and worse as you grow older.”
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Friends star Matthew Perry dies aged 54Perry was well-known for his role as Chandler Bing on the beloved sitcom that ran from 1994 to 2004.
Read more »
Friends star Matthew Perry dies aged 54Perry was well-known for his role as Chandler Bing on the beloved sitcom that ran from 1994 to 2004.
Read more »
Friends star Matthew Perry deadFriends star Matthew Perry has died aged 54 after an apparent drowning, TMZ is reporting.
Read more »
Friends star Matthew Perry dies aged 54Perry was well-known for his role as Chandler Bing on the beloved sitcom that ran from 1994 to 2004.
Read more »