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Matthew Perry Was the Comic Soul of ‘Friends’

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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic “Friends” wouldn’t have been “Friends” without Matthew Perry. And neither would have been, as time went by, American culture.

The actor, who infused the hit show with its vital, sustaining dose of sarcasm, went on in recent years to publicize his sobriety, and his work bringing others out of addiction through the founding of a sober living house.

His death, at 54 in an apparent drowning, comes as a shock, in part because Perry seemed to have a second act lying ahead of him.

His work on “Friends” cast a long shadow: The on-off love affair between Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) were the engine of the show’s plot, but the character of Chandler Bing was the big comic idea.

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