American actor Matthew Perry, star of the series "Friends", dies

American actor Matthew Perry, who was famous in the Arab region for starring in the series “Friends,” died at the age of 54.

American media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, said that the California State Police received a report that a man had been found dead in a bathtub, but it was later discovered that he was Perry, without identifying the cause of death.

The newspaper confirmed that the police did not find traces of narcotic substances within the area of the death site.

Perry was famous for playing the role of Chandler Bing, one of the main characters in the famous series Friends, which gained wide fame throughout the world during the nineties of the last century and was shown in the Arab region on several channels.

Last year, the actor admitted in memoirs that he published in a book that he suffered from alcohol addiction, which nearly took his life more than once.