Matthew Perry.Photo: Mike Pont/WireImage
The dispatch call made in response toMatthew Perryis revealing more details about the actor’s death.
In the 15-second clip, a man says, “Agent 23. Rescue 23. EMS 9 on the radio. In response to the drowning,” as first responders were sent to Perry’s home.
TMZreported on Saturday that a call was made from Perry’s address for first responders to come for a person in cardiac arrest after he was discovered unresponsive at his home. No drugs or foul play were found at the scene, according to the outlet.
The dispatch call in response to Perry who died Saturday references ‘drowning’.Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told PEOPLE that officers responded to a call at Perry’s address regarding the death of a male in his 50s, though they would not confirm the deceased’s identity.
Representatives for Perry did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Six days prior to his death and what turned out to be his final Instagram post, Perry shared aphotoof himself in a jacuzzi. He wrote, “Oh, so warm water swirling around makes you feel good? I’m Mattman."
Perry was best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the hit sitcomFriends, which he starred in alongsideJennifer Aniston,Courteney Cox,Lisa Kudrow,Matt LeBlancandDavid Schwimmer, from 1994 to 2004.
Despite his success, Perry battled with personal struggles of drug and alcohol addiction, which heopened up to PEOPLEabout last year and detailed in his 2022 memoir,Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.
Perry died aged 54 at his Los Angeles home on Saturday.
Speaking about his opioid addiction in 1997, he told PEOPLE last October: “I hadn’t had a pill before that. That first high from it was euphoria. And then I didn’t need to drink, which made you sweat and made you smell of alcohol. Ultimately that’s how my friends knew that I was doing something else, because I stopped drinking.”
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“I didn’t know how to stop,” he added. “The disease and the addiction is progressive, so it gets worse and worse as you grow older.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
source: people.com
