has left fans and former lovers alike in a . Gwyneth Paltrow, for instance, briefly dated Perry in 1993 prior to his big break on Friends.
In a tribute to the late actor, shared via Instagram on Sunday, spoke movingly of Perry and their summer romance, which began when they met at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts.
There, the two spent “most of the summer doing plays.”"He was so funny and so sweet and so much fun to be with," Paltrow wrote in an extended caption beneath a headshot of a young Perry. "We drove out to swim in creeks, had beers in the local college bar, kissed in a field of long grass.
It was a magical summer."Perry had recently shot the pilot for Friends, Paltrow continued, but the show hadn't aired yet. In other words, both Paltrow and Perry were still young actors who hadn't yet achieved notoriety.
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