Actor Matthew Perry, who died last Saturday, has been laid to rest at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and ‘Friends’ castmates.
Mourners gathered at the Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, less than a mile from the Warner Brothers studio where ‘Friends’ show was filmed. It is also the final resting place of numerous Hollywood A-listers including Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball, and Elizabeth Taylor.
Perry, who played the role of Chandler Bing on Friends from 1994 to 2004, was found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 54.
All five Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer were at the funeral. Perry’s father, John Bennett Perry, and his stepfather, Keith Morrison, were also there.
The cause and manner of Perry’s death are to be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, following the completion of an autopsy with toxicology tests.
Perry’s death came one year after publication of his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which chronicled his decades-long struggle with addiction to prescription painkillers and alcohol. At the time, Perry said he had been sober for about 18 months.
