{"id":188341,"date":"2023-10-30T16:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188341"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:30:58","slug":"david-schwimmer-looks-sombre-as-hes-seen-for-first-time-after-dear-friend-matthew-perrys-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/celebrities\/david-schwimmer-looks-sombre-as-hes-seen-for-first-time-after-dear-friend-matthew-perrys-death\/","title":{"rendered":"David Schwimmer looks sombre as he’s seen for first time after dear friend Matthew Perry’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Schwimmer is mourning the loss of his longtime Friends co-star Matthew Perry, who tragically died on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Better known as Ross Geller in the aforementioned sitcom – a character he played for 10 years up until 2004 – 56-year-old Schwimmer was spotted entering his New York apartment wearing a baseball cap and several dark layers in the autumnal chill. As many high-profile celebrities do, he also donned a face mask.<\/p>\n

This comes after TMZ broke the news of Matthew's death at the age of 54, having been discovered unresponsive in the jacuzzi of his Los Angeles residence. <\/p>\n

A police investigation is ongoing, with foul play reportedly being ruled out.<\/p>\n

Friends creators Marta Kauffman, David Crane and Kevin Bright expressed their deep sadness in a joint statement to Deadline, which read: "We will always cherish the joy, the light, the blinding intelligence he brought to every moment not just to his work, but in life as well."<\/p>\n

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Since the comedy actor's death, a source close to him has revealed that he'd always fantasised about having a "perfect family" and had recently been on the hunt for love. <\/p>\n

They told The Daily Mail: "Matthew always dreamed of having the perfect family. He wanted a wife, and at least a couple of kids. And he said he wouldn't even mind marrying a woman who already had kids.<\/p>\n

"Lately, the 54-year-old star has been looking for love again. But a string of failed relationships left him feeling sad and depressed, and as if he would never find that love he longed for.<\/p>\n

"Matthew dated dozens of women. But in the end, he always felt they were only interested in his money and his fame. And he was generous to a fault. He would shower women with gifts only to have them pack up their goodies and walk away."<\/p>\n


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In Matthew's 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing, he candidly discussed prior brushes with death caused by his drug and alcohol abuse. <\/p>\n

Five years ago, his nearest and dearest were informed that he had just a two percent chance of survival after his colon burst due to opioid use. The actor was in a coma for two weeks and had a colostomy bag fitted, which he had to use for the next nine months.<\/p>\n

"The first time I took my shirt off in my bathroom after returning from the hospital after my first surgery I burst into tears," he wrote in the book. "I was so disturbed by it. I thought my life was over. After about half an hour I got my s*** together enough to call my drug dealer…"<\/p>\n

He later admitted to GQ that the nightmarish realities of wearing a colostomy bag were what kept him away from repeating his drug dependency. <\/p>\n

"I would wake up and the bag would have broken again and I had s*** all over my face, all over my body, in the bed next door. When it breaks, it breaks. You have to get nurses. When I say that I woke up covered in my own s***, I'm talking 50 to 60 times."<\/p>\n