Matthew Perry was undoubtedly one of the most beloved actors of the 90s, because with his role as Chandler Bing, in addition to laughter, he managed to steal our hearts, so the news of his death hurt us all. However, outside the spotlight of the screen, the actor’s life was mired for years in an endless fight against addictions, a fact that kept him on the brink of death on several occasions.
According to what the actor revealed in his memoir released in 2022, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” his encounters with death were more common than we would have imagined. Perry confessed that when he was 49 years old, his colon exploded due to excessive consumption of opioids, a condition that put him in a coma for two weeks and forced him to spend around five months in the hospital.
And although at that time, his publicist claimed that the event had been a “gastrointestinal perforation,” the actor’s medical situation was much more alarming, because once the imminent danger passed, he had to carry a colostomy bag for nine months to deal with the health crisis. Matthew Perry indicated that during his stay in the hospital, doctors warned his family that the chances of him coming out alive were only two percent since his health was so delicate that he had to remain connected to a machine that regulates his breathing and heartbeat.
Once he was discharged, the actor explained that imagining himself with a colostomy bag attached to him for the rest of his life was what motivated him to stay sober. However, the withdrawal did not last long, as in November 2020, while Perry was in a rehab center, his heart stopped for five minutes because his doctors gave him propofol, a substance that caused a bad reaction to hydrocodone. that he had in his system. This event once again put the Friends star on the ropes, because to revive him he had to receive CPR, a procedure that ended up costing him several broken things.
What did Matthew Perry die from?
Matthew Perry died at the age of 54, according to first reports, apparently drowned in a jacuzzi. The first reports indicate that the emergency service went to the celebrity’s home after receiving a call about a possible cardiac arrest. However, upon arrival, they found the actor‘s body lifeless inside the jacuzzi and although at first there was speculation about suicide, so far there is no indication that that was the reason.
This story was written in Spanish by Mariana Martell in Cultura Colectiva