Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston- with me on the left of the photo:
and Lisa Kudrow- with me on the left of the photo:
Matthew Perry helped make “Friends” one of the biggest TV shows of all time and made his face recognizable all over the world! On our 2 TV shows: Entertainment Today and Entertainment & Sports Today we interviewed Matthew many times, over the last 30 years, and meet him in person many times at major showbiz events, along with the whole cast of friends, and each and every time he was extra nice and giving of his time.
from the Hit TV show: Friends- with both of them down on the ice talking to me during the game. Below are photos of our news crew down on center ice at The Fabulous Forum: 
and of our news crew in the locker room filming me doing an interview with Jason Priestley: the star of the hit TV show: “Beverly Hills, 90210”:
Both Matthew and Matt (along with Barry Melrose- then the Coach of the World Champion LA kings Hockey Team, along with many other celebrities and Pro Hockey players) autographed a Hockey Stick for me, which still to this day I have on my wall at home. Their Autographs are both towards the bottom end of the Hockey stick: 
Matthew and the rest of his Co-stars on Friends were all new comers at that time, but then very shortly afterwards they all shot up to super stardom- both on TV and in movies.
“We are devastated by the passing of our dear friend Matthew Perry,” Warner Bros. Television, which produced Friends, said in a statement obtained by Yahoo Entertainment. “Matthew was an incredibly gifted actor. … The impact of his comedic genius was felt around the world, and his legacy will live on in the hearts of so many.As word of Perry’s death spread, friends and colleagues paid tribute on social media, among them Maggie Wheeler, who played Chandler’s on-off girlfriend Janice; Paget Brewster, who also appeared in Friends; Odd Couple co-star Yvette Nicole Brown; and Meredith Salenger, who starred with Perry in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, one of his pre-Friends roles.
Last year, Perry released a memoir titled Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. In the book, the actor chronicled his struggles with substance use, as well as detailed his complicated relationship with the spotlight. Following the release of the memoir, he spoke about some of his private health struggles for the first time, including a 2018 incident in which his colon burst from opioid use: “The doctors told my family that I had a 2% chance to live,” Perry told People. “I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that’s called a Hail Mary. No one survives that.” In an interview with the Washington Post in November 2022, Perry said of his memoir, “It’s putting me on the map and people are talking about me again. That’s nice because it’s been five or six years when there was none of that. Sometimes I think I went through the addiction, alcoholism and fame all to be doing what I’m doing right now, which is helping people.”
Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was an American and Canadian actor. He starred as Chandler Bing on the multi award winning NBC television sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for the role. Perry also appeared on Ally McBeal (2002) and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The West Wing (2003) and The Ron Clark Story (2006). He gained a leading role in the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip which aired from 2006 to 2007. Perry also became known for his leading film roles in Fools Rush In (1997), Almost Heroes (1998), Three to Tango (1999), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Serving Sara (2002), The Whole Ten Yards (2005), and 17 Again (2009).
Perry was co-creator, co-writer, executive producer, and star of the ABC sitcom Mr. Sunshine, which ran from February to April 2011. In August 2012, he starred as sportscaster Ryan King on the NBC sitcom Go On. Perry co-developed and starred in a revival of the CBS sitcom The Odd Couple portraying Oscar Madison from 2015 to 2017. He had recurring roles in the legal dramas The Good Wife (2012–2013), and The Good Fight (2017). He portrayed Ted Kennedy in The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017) and appeared as himself in Friends: The Reunion (2021).
UPDATE on the the autopsy report for Matthew Perry show he died from the effects of ketamine:
Weeks after his Oct. 28 death, the autopsy for Matthew Perry revealed the Friends icon’s cause of death in his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. Perry died from the effects of ketamine, according to the autopsy report from the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner, with “contributing factors to his death including drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine,” a medication used to treat opioid use disorder.
It is unclear why Perry, who was long public about his struggles with substance use, had ketamine in his system. The actor underwent ketamine infusion therapy more than a week earlier as part of his mental health treatment, but the drug would not remain in his system for more than hours.
What to know about ketamine drug use
Ketamine is a drug that was approved in 1970 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as an anesthetic. In the 1990s, however, ketamine became a popular club drug, often referred to as Special K. It can be swallowed, snorted or injected, and is usually sold as a powder.
Ketamine can cause hallucinogenic effects, as well as feelings of dissociation and euphoria. Though more research into exactly how ketamine works is needed, it’s possible these effects come from targeting glutamate receptors in the brain, which can make the brain form new neural connections.
One of the side effects of taking ketamine recreationally is falling into what’s colloquially known as a “k-hole.” This is an intense feeling of dissociation that sometimes comes with intense and frightening hallucinations or illusions, according to VeryWell Mind. Speech and the ability to move are often affected. Taking ketamine too frequently, or in too high of a dose, can lead to cardiac issues, seizures and cognitive problems.
How ketamine therapy is different from recreational use
Ketamine has long been studied for its potential mental health benefits as well, specifically in managing treatment-resistant depression and suicidal ideation. In 2019, the FDA approved a nasal spray called esketamine, which is derived from ketamine, as a medication for depression that does not respond to traditional methods of treatment, like SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors).
Though ketamine itself is not approved as a treatment for any psychiatric condition, ketamine clinics have opened up across the United States to provide this treatment off-label. Typically, these clinics provide ketamine intravenously or as a nasal spray. In addition to having their patients cared for by a physician during the treatments, the dosage is also lower than when given as an anesthetic or used illegally as a recreational drug.
Dr. Steven Levine, a board-certified psychiatrist who developed the protocol for the clinical use of ketamine in 2011, previously told Yahoo that ketamine can “enable the brain to heal and change and learn and become more resilient,” due to its effect on glutamate receptors. This is important for people with depression or who have suicidal thoughts, as they are stuck in patterns of negative thinking and need help breaking through.
“Only about 50% will respond to ketamine treatments, maybe 60 to 70% will have that sort of lower bar of clinically meaningful results,” Levine previously told Yahoo. “So lots of people aren’t going to get this great benefit from ketamine. But I have seen people who really were at the end of their rope, who tried everything under the sun … people who really believe that there was nothing on earth that could help them. I’ve seen some really amazing dramatic responses.”
Dr. Steven L. Mandel, the founder and president of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles, previously told Yahoo that ketamine allows people to gain a different perspective on past trauma.
“[Ketamine therapy] enables people to have the courage to approach the event with their eyes open and saying, ‘What was my role in this? And did that happen? Or is it a story I’m telling myself about what happened?’ They can come to a understanding,” he explained. “It permits them to let it be, to stop fussing with it and to move on.”
Though more research needs to be done, there is mounting evidence to show that ketamine may be a good option for people struggling with mental health issues. A December 2023 study, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, found a “significant improvement” in symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.
Who is talking about ketamine therapy?
Perry wrote about receiving ketamine treatments in his 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which focused on his battle with addiction.
“There is a synthetic form of [ketamine] now, and it’s used for two reasons: to ease pain and help with depression. Has my name written all over it — they might as well have called it ‘Matty,'” he wrote. “Ketamine felt like a giant exhale. They’d bring me into a room, sit me down, put headphones on me so I could listen to music, blindfold me, and put an IV in.”
He’s not the only star to say they have benefited from the treatments. Chrissy Teigen, who has been open about her own mental health journey, recently shared that she underwent ketamine therapy on her birthday. Stars like Lamar Odom, who dealt with substance abuse issues like Perry, and Sharon Osbourne, also praised the practice.
Reality star Tyler Baltierra of Teen Mom fame recently took cameras inside a ketamine clinic, where he received regular treatments. He told Yahoo that ketamine therapy allows him to get to a meditative place quickly and helped him stop “intellectualizing” his feelings.
“Doing it was a little bit scary at first, to be honest, but I was ready for a deep dive, especially doing it with a therapist and medical professionals involved. Ketamine is a pretty sedating experience,” he shared. “Having done that recreationally and having a lot of enlightenment with that, I felt like this was the best route to really get to the core of the issues I’ve had.”
