Friends cocreators Marta Kauffman and David Crane are remembering Matthew Perry following his surprising dying.

“We are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened through our loved pal Matthew’s passing. It still seems inconceivable. All we will say is that we feel blessed to have had him as a part of our lives,” Kauffman, 67, and Crane, 66, inform Us Weekly in a joint statement on Sunday, October 29 with fellow govt producer Kevin Bright. “He was once an excellent ability. It’s a cliche to mention that an actor makes a job their very own, however in Matthew’s case, there are no truer phrases.”

They continue: “From the day we first heard him include the role of Chandler Bing, there used to be nobody else for us. We will always cherish the enjoyment, the light, the blinding intelligence he dropped at each and every second — not simply to his work, however in lifestyles as neatly. He was always the funniest individual in the room. More than that, he was once the sweetest, with a giving and selfless heart.”

News broke on Saturday, October 28, that Perry had died at the age of 54 after he was once discovered unresponsive in a hot tub at his California house.

According to the Los Angeles Times, there was no sign of foul play. A reason behind death has but to be revealed.

The county’s clinical examiner confirmed Perry’s death on Sunday, noting that the case was these days “open” and that an autopsy has been scheduled.

“We ship all of our like to his circle of relatives and buddies. This really is The One Where Our Hearts Are Broken,” the trio’s observation concluded, mimicking the layout of Friends’ episode titles.

Kauffman, Crane and Bright, 68, cast Perry because the sarcastic Chandler Bing on Friends, which premiered in 1994 and ran for 10 seasons.

“I felt like I used to be gonna die if they didn’t chuckle. It’s no longer healthy evidently, however I might once in a while say a line and they wouldn’t snicker, and I'd sweat and pass into convulsions,” Perry recalled all over the Friends: The Reunion particular in April 2021. “If I didn’t get the snigger I was meant to get, I'd freak out. I felt like that every single night.”

Perry costarred on Friends alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. The team’s onscreen friendship quickly blended into their offscreen lives, and as Perry struggled with addiction, they tirelessly encouraged his sobriety.

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“[Jennifer] was once the one that reached out probably the most,” Perry told Diane Sawyer in October 2022. “I’m really thankful to her for that.”

At the time, a source exclusively instructed Us Weekly that Aniston “at all times took time to hear him, even if she was once busy or had her personal issues to take care of.” The insider added: “Matthew feels that those individuals who stood by him when the chips have been down, Jennifer included, stored his life with out question.”

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