Matthew Langford Perry (1969 - 2023)

Born 19 Aug 1969 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Oct 2023 at age 54 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

American-Canadian actor who gained international recognition in the 1990s for playing "Chandler Bing" on the NBC television sitcom "Friends".

Matthew Langford Perry was born on 19 Aug 1969 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 28 Oct 2023 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 54.

Matthew spent a part of his childhood living in Ottawa, Ontario. His mother served as press secretary to Prime Minister Trudeau's father, Pierre Trudeau, during his time as prime minister.^[1]

He was found unresponsive in a hot tub on 28 October 2023 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, California.

Matthew Perry was laid to rest at the Courts of Remembrance, Sanctuary of Treasured Love, Map #ELF0 (Elv F), Single Wall Crypt 1972 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.^[2]

DNA

Matthew Perry is one of the "Notable Connections" notable via the haplogroup section of the FTDNA Discovery tool. If you have taken a YDNA test, and you are high level Haplogroup R-U152, you may find Matthew in your notable connections. His SNP is R-Z142.

"Matthew is a descendant of John Perry (1604-1674) and his father John Perry (1588-1621) from Hampshire, England.

Matthew’s great-great-grandfather, Crosby Alpheus Perry (1838-1926), a Civil War veteran, then a physician for 80 years in Vermont was also said to be the last living son of a Revolutionary War veteran." - FTDNA, Wikipedia and The Perry DNA Group Project.

Sources

1. ↑ Justin Trudeau, friends, actors and fans mourn Matthew Perry, The Canadian Press, The Victoria News.
2. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261033724/matthew-perry: accessed 07 December 2023), memorial page for Matthew Perry (19 Aug 1969–28 Oct 2023), Find a Grave Memorial ID 261033724, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PPH-HM89 : Sun Oct 29 11:18:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Matthew Perry and Chandler Bing, 28 October 2023.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PPH-QQYH : Sun Oct 29 12:22:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Matthew Perry and Chandler Bing, 28 October 2023.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PPH-XVFJ : Sun Oct 29 12:32:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Matthew Perry and Chandler Bing, 29 October 2023.

See also:

• Matthew Perry on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia