LOS ANGELES \u2014\u00a0Matthew Perry <\/em>died Saturday of an apparent drowning at his Pacific Palisades home, a representative for the actor and a law enforcement source say. <\/p>\n Perry was 54.<\/p>\n A 911 call came in at 4:07 p.m. local time and was treated as a water rescue, according to a law enforcement source. <\/p>\n Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey said first responders went to a home in Pacific Palisades based on a 911 call at 4:07 p.m. about a \u201cwater emergency\u201d of an unknown type.<\/p>\n No one was taken to a hospital, he said, and Los Angeles police officers from the West L.A. Division were on scene. <\/p>\n Later Saturday, two law enforcement sources said the LAPD\u2019s Robbery-Homicide Division, which probes high-profile crimes and cases involving celebrities, also responded to the location.<\/p>\n The sources emphasized that the case was a death investigation with no signs of foul play.<\/p>\n The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner was expected to to conduct an autopsy and may determine the cause and manner of death, they said.<\/p>\n More details about Perry\u2019s death were not immediately available Saturday night. <\/p>\n Perry was best known for his role as one of the core cast members on \u201cFriends,\u201d NBC\u2019s generation X sitcom from the \u201990s.<\/p>\n On \u201cFriends,\u201d Perry played Chandler Bing, a statistical analyst who used sarcasm and one-liners.<\/p>\n The show was a blockbuster for television, dominating prime time alongside “Seinfeld.” It ran for 10 seasons, from 1994 to 2004. <\/p>\n Perry also appeared in several other hits, including \u201cBoys Will Be Boys,\u201d \u201cGrowing Pains,\u201d Beverly Hills, 90210,\u201d \u201cThe West Wing\u201d and \u201cScrubs.\u201d<\/p>\n Raised in Ottawa, Canada, Perry had a successful run as a top-ranked tennis player competing in Canadian juniors. He essentially left the sport to pursue acting when he moved to L.A. at age 15.<\/p>\n He joined the cast of \u201cFriends\u201d at age 24.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] LOS ANGELES \u2014\u00a0Matthew Perry died Saturday of an apparent drowning at his Pacific Palisades home, a representative for the actor and a law enforcement source say. Perry was 54. A 911 call came in at 4:07 p.m. local time and was treated as a water rescue, according to a law enforcement source. Los Angeles …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Matthew](\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-10\/231028-matthew-perry-friends-mjf-2031-79fbcb.jpg\")
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