The iconic series Friends He said goodbye to his millions of fans around the world 20 years ago, when it was issued the final chapter. However, the stories of its characters are still present in the popular imagination and the death of Matthew Perry, occurred in October 2023, caused a scene to go viral in which the actor, in the role of Chandler, anticipated his early death.
In it eighth episode of the ninth season of the series the curious premonition was recorded. In a moment, Chandler -Perry’s character- was in his apartment with Rachelhis sister Amy, Ross, Phoebe and Joey. Suddenly, Monica -his wife- left a box with her valuable porcelain dishes on a chair and asked everyone that they were very careful.
The end of Friends and a premonition about Matthew Perry
At that moment, Chandler triggers the humorous scene, because while telling everyone that he will take care of changing little Emma, he makes a clumsyto. “I’m going to get my diaper bag,†she announces, and after grabbing it she hits the box with it, causing the dishes to fall to the floor and break into pieces.
That’s when Matthew Perry makes his premonition in the middle of the silence of everyone, who had been stunned by the incident that would make Mónica very angry: «I guess I’ll be the first to die.»says Chandler, assuming that a curse would fall on him as a result of that blunder.
«I’ll be the first to die,» says Chandler, Matthew Perry’s character on Friends, after breaking some of Monica’s valuable dinnerware.
His prophecy came truebecause on Saturday, October 28 of last year, the actor – who had been fighting for some time against a drug addiction– was found dead in his home, becoming the first of the series’ main characters to die. Fans of the series immediately flooded the networks with the video of that scene, that went viral.
days later It was determined that the cause of death had been the ingestion of ketamine, buprenorphine (a medication used to treat opioid addiction) and a coronary artery disease.
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“Friends†was first broadcast on September 22, 1994 and had ten successful seasons, in which it achieved impressive rating figures around the world. The last episode was seen on May 6, 2004, 20 years ago, but the series remains valid for the love that its fans have for it from the first hour and those who are discovering it.
The series won numerous awards and In March 2019 it was considered the best in the history of television by The Hollywood Reporter. The previous year, the site Ranked had distinguished her as the best comedy of all time.
In addition to Perry, giving life to Chandler Bing, the main protagonists of the emblematic series were Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), Courteney Cox (Monica), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), Matt LeBlanc (Joey) and David Schwimmer (Ross).
The history of friendship in the group is born in Central Perk, a café in New York that will become their meeting place from then on. The young They share good and bad moments in a series that talks about love, triumphs, failures, past and future and that contains permanent references to current issues.
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As this year is also fulfilled the 30th anniversary of the broadcast of the first chapter, the protagonists of the series are thinking about holding a celebration. Yes ok Perry’s absence sparked debates about whether or not they should commemorate On that date, the group understood that their friend would have wanted them to do it and that is why they are making progress in preparations.
Its six protagonists built a very solid friendship off camera, so the group suffered greatly from Matthew’s departure. The Friends star died on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 54. Perry had been found drowned in the jacuzzi of his house, hours after playing a game of pickleball.
It was proven that Matthew Perry died from the acute effects that ketamine caused, according to the data emerging from the autopsy. His medical conditions, such as coronary artery disease, and the effects of the buprenorphine he took to alleviate opioid consumption combined to make it all end in a lethal combo.