Matthew Perry death RECAP: Stars pay tribute as Friends actor dies aged 54 after 'drowning in jacuzzi at his LA home'

• Matthew Perry's Friends co-star David Schwimmer was seen opening the door to his home to accept a takeout order on Sunday - a day after Perry's death
• Schwimmer carefully hid his face using a facemask and baseball cap but he looked extremely downbeat following the passing of his colleague

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The director of Matthew Perry's 'autobiographical' play The End Of Longing says the actor 'honed his craft' on Friends.

Lindsay Posner said the show, which Perry wrote and starred in, was 'an autobiographical play about addiction'.

'He said to me he would like to be remembered for helping people through the play... helping people to recover.'

Paying tribute to Perry on BBC R4, he said: 'He was always very, very warm and generous, and keen to keep everyone entertained the whole time.

'He was very keen to be thought of as a serious actor, a comic actor.

'I was a bit worried because he'd never done any stage acting before... but he'd honed his craft with Friends in front of a live audience for years and years and it really showed.

'You couldn't tell he'd never been on a London stage before.'

• In the days before his death, Perry posted seven times with allusions to Batman
• He signed off the posts with 'I'm Mattman' - his Batman-inspired nickname
• When he was posting his cryptic messages on Instagram last week, many fans realized that it may have meant something was wrong

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• The Duchess of York paid tribute to the 'brilliant' Matthew Perry, applauding him for bringing 'joy and laughter to so many'
• Sarah Ferguson, in a heartfelt post on X, shared a photo of herself, Mr Perry and his Friends co-stars
• She said she remembers 'being thrilled to have met a natural talent, comedian and brilliant actor'

• Gwyneth Paltrow has recalled the romantic moment she shared with ex Matthew Perry
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• Kudrow, who played Phoebe in the iconic comedy said none of his co-stars wants to believe that drugs played a role in Perry's death
• Kudrow, 60, said she was 'baffled' by the death after he had finally found 'peace with himself'

• Matthew Perry was found dead on Saturday in the hot tub at his LA home
• The Canadian actor, 54, wrote in his memoir that he spent half his life in rehab
• On Sunday afternoon the coroner said his cause of death was 'deferred'