Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacts to former classmate Matthew Perry’s ‘shocking’ death
nypost.comCanada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was one of many to pay tribute to Matthew Perry shortly after the “Friends” star was found dead at age 54 on Saturday.Trudeau and Perry went to elementary school together.
Perry’s other, Suzanne Morrison, was also press secretary to Trudeau’s father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.“Matthew Perry’s passing is shocking and saddening.
I’ll never forget the schoolyard games we used to play, and I know people around the world are never going to forget the joy he brought them,” Trudeau wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.“Thanks for all the laughs, Matthew,” he continued. “You were loved – and you will be missed.”In March 2017, Perry jokingly recalled when he and a pal “beat up” the future Prime Minister out of jealousy when they were in the fifth grade.“We both beat him up.
I think he was excelling in a sport that we weren’t, so it was pure jealousy,” Perry explained then, adding, “I think he was the only kid in school that we could beat up. … I’m not bragging about this.
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