(Los Angeles) American actor Matthew Perry, who played the hilarious Chandler Bing in the sitcom to success Friends was buried in the strictest privacy on Friday outside Los Angeles, according to American media.
Aged 54, the actor was found unconscious on Saturday October 28 by his assistant in his jacuzzi at his home in Los Angeles.
“The ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, near Warner Bros. Studios,” the magazine reported. People citing an anonymous source. The ceremony lasted approximately two hours.
The prestigious cemetery, located on the heights of Hollywood and where legendary stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson rest, did not respond to requests from AFP.
The actors of the series FriendsJennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, with whom Matthew Perry shared a great friendship, were all present according to the TMZ site.
“We are all totally devastated by the loss of Matthew,” they said in a joint statement on Monday, assuring that they were “more than just film colleagues. We are a family. »
His mother, father — actor John Bennett Perry — and stepfather were also present according to media reports.
The causes of the actor’s death are still not known.
PHOTO MARIO ANZUONI, REUTERS
A person leaves flowers outside actor Matthew Perry’s home in Pacific Palisades, California on October 31.
Matthew Perry struggled for years with his addiction to drugs and alcohol.
According to the specialized media TMZ, no drugs were found at the scene of the actor’s death and there is no indication that it could be a criminal act.
His unexpected death sparked a flood of tributes, from major Hollywood figures to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
A true cultural phenomenon, Friends has left its mark on more than one generation of viewers.
It tells the adventures of a group of happy friends – Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Ross and Chandler – in New York, punctuated by romantic relationships.