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Initially, US media Outlet TMZ broke the news of the actor's passing at his home in Los Angeles, USA.

While initial reports indicated that the actor drowned, the full details of Matthew Perry's final day are still being pieced together.

Matthew Perry arrives at the premiere of "The Invention of Lying" in Los Angeles on Sept. 21, 2009.

The actor was found dead after an apparent drowning in a hot tub on Saturday, October 28, according to the Los Angeles Times, citing law enforcement sources. Some sources said Perry suffered a "cardiac episode" while in the jacuzzi.

There was no sign of foul play.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told CNN a 911 call came in at 4.07pm local time for a water rescue emergency.

Humphrey said it was unclear what body of water it was.

LAPD officer Drake Madison would not name the victim, but confirmed that officers responded to a home matching Perry's address at 4.10pm for a death investigation involving a man in his 50s.

US media outlets are reporting Perry had played a two-hour game of pickleball before his death and had sent his assistant out on an errand.

The assistant returned to find Perry unresponsive.

An unnamed representative for Perry confirmed the actor's death to NBC, the network that carried Friends for the entirety of its 10-season run.

Representatives for Perry did not return CNN's request for comment.

Struggles away from the spotlight

While the full picture of Perry's passing is still coming to light, the star openly battled addiction to opioid painkillers throughout his life.

Early reports have indicated that drugs were not involved in Perry's passing.

The Emmy-nominated actor published a memoir titled, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, recounting his life and career on November 22, 2022.

The memoir openly discussed his troubles with drug and alcohol dependence, including his addiction during the filming of Friends.

He also revealed that he nearly died at the age of 49 when his colon burst from opioid overuse.

Doctors gave him only a two per cent chance of survival and he was in a coma for two weeks followed by months more in the hospital.

The actor required 14 surgeries to help repair all of the abdominal damage, and he admitted to having gone to rehab 15 times over the years in hopes of kicking his drug addiction.

Perry was candid in recent years about his struggles with addiction, which he battled even at the height of his career.

"I was taking 55 Vicodin a day, I weighed 128 pounds, I was on Friends getting watched by 30 million people—and that's why I can't watch the show, 'cause I was brutally thin," Perry said in a CBC interview last year.