Forged member Matthew Perry poses on the premiere of the tv sequence “The Kennedys After Camelot” at The Paley Middle for Media in Beverly Hills, California U.S., March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Picture Acquire Licensing Rights
Nov 3 (Reuters) – Actor Matthew Perry, who died on Saturday at age 54, was laid to relaxation on Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by kin and castmates from the hit Nineteen Nineties tv sitcom “Buddies,” present enterprise media reported, citing pictures.
Mourners gathered on the Forest Garden cemetery within the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, lower than a mile from the Warner Brothers studio the place the present was filmed. It’s also the ultimate resting place of quite a few Hollywood A-listers together with Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball and Elizabeth Taylor.
Perry, who performed wise-cracking Chandler Bing on “Buddies” from 1994 to 2004, was discovered useless in his Los Angeles house, producing an outpouring of grief from followers and fellow celebrities.
The 5 surviving co-stars of the present paid tribute on Monday to their fallen castmate in a joint message lamenting his loss of life as an “unfathomable loss.”
Media together with TMZ and the New York Put up’s Web page Six reported Friday’s occasion, posting long-distance and aerial pictures of individuals in attendance.
All 5 “Buddies” co-stars – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer – had been there, TMZ mentioned.
Web page Six mentioned Perry’s father, John Bennett Perry, and his stepfather, Keith Morrison, had been additionally there.
In all, about 20 individuals wearing black attended and gathered round a burial plot, TMZ mentioned.
Forest Hills didn’t reply to a Reuters request for affirmation.
The “Buddies” co-stars issued a joint assertion on Tuesday, saying they had been “totally devastated by the loss,” including that they’d have extra to say in time.
The trigger and method of Perry’s loss of life are to be decided by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Workplace, following completion of an post-mortem with toxicology checks.
Perry’s loss of life got here one yr after publication of his memoir, “Buddies, Lovers, and the Massive Horrible Factor,” which chronicled his decades-long battle with dependancy to prescription painkillers and alcohol. On the time, Perry mentioned he had been sober for about 18 months.
Additionally on Friday, a basis in Perry’s identify was launched to assist individuals scuffling with dependancy.The Matthew Perry Basis “will honor his legacy and be guided by his personal phrases and experiences and pushed by his ardour for making a distinction in as many lives as attainable,” in accordance its website.
The web site leads with a quote from Perry that claims, “Once I die, I do not need ‘Buddies’ to be the very first thing that is talked about – I need serving to others to be the very first thing that is talked about.”
Reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California, and Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Modifying by Jamie Freed
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