Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox share touching tributes to Matthew Perry

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Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry
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Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox have paid tribute to their late Friends co-star Matthew Perry, sharing their favorite moments with the actor.

On Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2023), more than two weeks after Perryโ€™s death, LeBlanc posted a poignant message to his Instagram page saying goodbye to his friend. Alongside a selection of pictures showing the pair in their roles as Joey Tribbiani and Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom, LeBlanc, 56, wrote: โ€œMatthew. It is with a heavy heart I say goodbye.

โ€œThe times we had together are honestly among the favorite times of my life. It was an honor to share the stage with you and to call you my friend.

โ€œI will always smile when I think of you and Iโ€™ll never forget you. Never. Spread your wings and fly brother youโ€™re finally free.

โ€œMuch love. And I guess youโ€™re keeping the 20 bucks you owe me.โ€

Cox also shared one of her favorite moments of her late co-star.

The actor, who played Monica Geller, who married Chandler Bing in the show, said she is โ€œso grateful for every momentโ€ she had alongside Perry. She wrote on Instagram beside a clip from the show: โ€œWhen you work with someone as closely as I did with Matthew, there are thousands of moments I wish I could share. For now, hereโ€™s one of my favorites.โ€

โ€œTo give a little backstory, Chandler and Monica were supposed to have a one-night fling in London. But because of the audienceโ€™s reaction, it became the beginning of their love story.โ€

โ€œIn this scene, before we started rolling, he whispered a funny line for me to say. He often did things like that. He was funny and he was kind.โ€

Other cast members paid tribute after Perryโ€™s death. Maggie Wheeler, who played Chandlerโ€™s on-and-off girlfriend Janice Hosenstein, said in an Instagram statement that she felt โ€œblessedโ€ to have spent creative moments with Perry.

The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria, who played David โ€“ a love interest of Phoebe, played by Kudrow, in several episodes of the show โ€“ said in a video posted to his social media that his โ€œgeniusโ€ friend Perry had helped to get him sober.

In 2022, Perry released his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, in which he spoke candidly about dealing with an addiction to drugs and alcohol. The Matthew Perry Foundation was set up in the starโ€™s memory after his death, promising to continue his commitment to โ€œhelping others struggling with the disease of addiction.โ€

Los Angeles police responded to a radio call just after 4 pm on October 28, 2023, for a death investigation of a male in his 50s, the PA news agency understands. A statement from Capt. Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department to PA said they had found a โ€œmale unconscious in a stand-alone Jacuzzi.โ€