{"id":3972,"date":"2023-10-30T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/matthew-perrys-cause-of-death-remains-under-investigation\/30\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:30:22","slug":"matthew-perrys-cause-of-death-remains-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/matthew-perrys-cause-of-death-remains-under-investigation\/30\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Perry\u2019s Cause of Death Remains Under Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the authorities continued to investigate the death of the \u201cFriends\u201d actor Matthew Perry, experts cautioned Monday that it could take weeks or months for the cause to be determined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/29\/arts\/television\/matthew-perry-dead.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Perry was found unresponsive in a hot tub<\/a> at his home in Los Angeles at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement. The Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the scene and declared Perry dead, the statement said. He was 54.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because of Perry\u2019s \u201ccelebrity status,\u201d detectives from the Robbery Homicide division conducted a preliminary investigation, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAlthough there were no obvious signs of trauma, the official cause of Perry\u2019s death is pending the coroner\u2019s investigation,\u201d the statement said. The police have said they had seen no indication of foul play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Earlier on Monday, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said on its website that Perry\u2019s cause of death was \u201cdeferred,\u201d which usually means that further investigation was needed. Later on Monday, Perry\u2019s case was not listed on the website at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The department said in an email on Monday afternoon that it had \u201cnot yet concluded its investigation.\u201d It gave no further information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Experts cautioned that it could take weeks or months to conduct a toxicology screening and examine other evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Perry had spoken openly about his struggles with addiction, which sometimes led to hospitalizations for a range of ailments. By his own account, Perry had spent more than half of his life in treatment and rehab facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his 2022 memoir, \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/23\/arts\/television\/matthew-perry-friends-lovers-and-the-big-terrible-thing.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing<\/a>,\u201d Perry also described some of the health challenges he faced over the years. In 2018, he faced a series of medical episodes including pneumonia, an exploded colon, a brief stint on life support, two weeks in a coma, nine months with a colostomy bag and more than a half-dozen stomach operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist unaffiliated with the investigation, said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@drjudymelinek\/video\/7295598203410386219?lang=en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a TikTok video<\/a> about the case that it would be important to determine if Perry\u2019s nose and mouth were below the water line when he was found, indicating that he may have drowned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If he drowned, it would be important to know why, she said. Was heart disease a factor? Or intoxication? Test results can take weeks because of a lack of qualified toxicologists, funding and equipment, Dr. Melinek said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Investigators should also look for home security footage that could shed light on the case, she said, and they should investigate the hot tub itself to make sure it was properly grounded and wasn\u2019t heating the water beyond the temperature indicated. If the water was hot but not scalding, she said, it could lead to heat exhaustion and dehydration, which can cause a person to drown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s appropriate for it to take long,\u201d Dr. Melinek said in an interview on Monday. \u201cSometimes it takes months to do a proper investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. James Gill, Connecticut\u2019s chief medical examiner, said it would be important to know if a person found unresponsive in a hot tub had intentionally gone underwater, indicating a suicide, or if they were unable to get out of the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A person who was unable to get out of the water may have had a heart attack, he said, or may have taken alcohol or drugs, causing a loss of consciousness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Medical examiners in such cases will often list the cause of death as \u201cpending,\u201d he said, allowing them to release the body to a funeral home so the family can proceed with a burial or cremation while toxicology tests are being conducted. Those tests, he said, can take weeks to complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Kathryn Pinneri, a former president of the National Association of Medical Examiners, noted in an email that the authorities haven\u2019t said if Perry drowned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But she said: \u201cHot tub drownings are usually associated with an underlying heart or neurologic condition or alcohol and\/or medications\/drugs. So the cause and manner of death are usually pending until the results of those tests come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Perry was 24 when he was cast as the quirky and self-deprecating Chandler Bing on \u201cFriends,\u201d a show that changed his life and firmly planted him in the limelight alongside his co-stars Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sitcom ran from 1994 to 2004. Perry went on to star in television shows and movies, some of which \u2014 like \u201cAlmost Heroes\u201d (1998), with Chris Farley, and \u201cThree to Tango\u201d (1999) \u2014 failed to capture audiences at the box office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Matt Stevens<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/30\/arts\/matthew-perry-cause-of-death.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the authorities continued to investigate the death of the &ldquo;Friends&rdquo; actor Matthew Perry, experts cautioned Monday that it could take weeks<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/matthew-perrys-cause-of-death-remains-under-investigation\/30\/10\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}