Matthew Perry fans in tears as the late Friends actor appears in emotional Oscars in memoriam segment

Matthew Perry fans were left in tears as the late Friends actor appeared in an emotional Oscars in memoriam segment on Sunday.

The star, 54, was found face-down in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home on October 28 last year, with an autopsy later confirming that he died from the 'acute effects of ketamine' and drowning. 

During the in memoriam segment, Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo, 26, took to the stage to sing his classic Time to Say Goodbye together, honouring a number of late stars who died in the last year.

The Academy Awards paid tribute to Friends star Matthew — who was left out of the BAFTAs annual memoriam list last month — Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon, Little Miss Sunshine star Alan Arkin, Paul Reubens, Harry Belafonte, as well as Curb Your Enthusiasm star Richard Lewis, after he passed away on February 27th at the age of 76. 

Time To Say Goodbye was originally released in 1995 as Con te Partirò, which translates to 'I will leave with you' in Italian. 

Matthew Perry fans were left in floods of tears after he appeared in the Oscars' in memoriam segment on Sunday - five months after the Friends star's tragic death 

Andrea Bocelli, 65, and his son Matteo, 26, made a surprise appearance at Oscars 2024 where they gave a touching performance during the emotional segment

Bocelli belted out the song, which he re-recorded in English with British soprano Sarah Brightman in 1996, with the help of two-time Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer. 

The performance, which saw numerous dancers twirl around the father-son duo wearing electric blue suits, left many feeling emotional - especially when Matthew's face graced the screen.

Several fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to express their sadness.

'I keep forgetting Matthew Perry passed and every time I'm reminded it makes me so sad :(.' 

'Matthew Perry. Knew it was coming. Still hurts #Oscars.' 

'Raise your hand if you miss Matthew Perry ❤️.'

Another chimed in: 'Matthew Perry’s death will never not hurt me I will never ever get over it.' 

'That moment in the people who we have lost when Matthew Perry was mentioned got me man.'

'Like every year I weeped during the “In memoriam” part…. I was doing so well until I Matthew Perry’s pic came on screen.' 

'Matthew Perry always makes me choked up I still cant believe he’s gone.' 

One fan wrote: 'His [Matthew Perry's] death will never not hurt me, I will never get over it' 

'I wasn’t ready for Matthew Perry in the in memoriam section. I mean I should have been, but I wasn’t.'

'Seeing Matthew Perry there still completely shatters my heart.'

The tribute to Perry comes after his ex-girlfriend urged the 2024 Academy Awards to include the late Hollywood actor as part of the In memoriam section.

Kayti Edwards, who dated him in 2006 and worked as his assistant in 2011, said it was 'his dream to be recognized' after the BAFTAs failed to mention him last month.

Matthew was found dead after drowning in his hot tub in his Los Angeles home on October 28 at the age of 54.

The LA coroner's office determined his cause of death was due to 'the acute affects of ketamine'. 

The added: 'Contributing factors in Mr Perry's death include drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of death is accident.'

Others who were honoured included Melinda Dillon, Piper Laurie, Ryan O’Neal, Julian Sands, Carl Weathers, Treat Williams, Burt Young, and directors William Friedkin, Norman Jewison and more. 

French actress and singer Jane Birkin, who died at 76 in July of last year, was also among those recognised. 

There were also tributes to comedian Richard Lewis as well as Andre Braugher, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roundtree.

The Academy also paid their respects all the stars who we've lost over the past year in an in memoriam tribute on their website. 

Oscars 2024 winners: AT A GLANCE

Best Picture: Oppenheimer

Best Actress: Emma Stone - Poor Things

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

Best Director: Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer

Original Song: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell - What Was I Made For? from Barbie

Seen left to right: Actor In A Supporting Role - Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer), Actress In A Supporting Role - Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers ), Actress In A Leading Role - Emma Stone (Poor Things), and Actor In A Leading Role - Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Original Score - Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer

Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema - Oppenheimer

Achievement in Film Editing: Jennifer Lame - Oppenheimer

Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihale - Poor Things

Make-up and Hairstyling: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston - Poor Things

Achievement in Costume Design: Holly Waddington - Poor Things

Original Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - Anatomy Of A Fall

Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson - American Fiction

International Feature Film - The Zone of Interest from United Kingdom

The big winners on the night were Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Robert Downey Jr.

Oppenheimer won a whopping seven Oscars at Sunday night's Academy Awards, while Poor Things, The Holdovers, American Fiction, Anatomy of Fall and The Zone of Interest picked up big prizes

The superstar Italian tenor sang his classic hit Time To Say Goodbye

During the segment, numerous dancers took the stage for a performance art piece

Bocelli sang a new rendition of the song with the help of Matteo and two-time Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer

The father and son duo matched in electric blue suits

The Academy Awards also paid tribute to Little Miss Sunshine star Alan Arkin, Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon, as well as Paul Reubens, Harry Belafonte among others

French actress and singer Jane Birkin, who died at 76 in July of last year, was among those honored 

Ryan O'Neal, who passed at 82-year-old in December, was included in the tribute as well

Curb Your Enthusiasm star Richard Lewis was also included, after he passed away on February 27th at the age of 76

Paul Reubens was seen as his iconic Pee-wee Herman character

Oscar-nominated star Tom Wilkinson who starred in The Full Monty, Batman Begins and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, died at the age of 75

It was an eventful night at the Oscars, after Al Pacino announced Oppenheimer as the Best Picture winner without bothering to name all the other nominees while Emma Stone had an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as the chaos toward the end of the broadcast took center stage on Hollywood's biggest night.

Emma had earned a shock win in the Actress in a Leading Role category for her work in Poor Things on a night where Oppenheimer stood above all as biggest winner of the night with seven including top honor Best Picture and major wins for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Christopher Nolan.

Even after the actress' embarrassing moment with her dress, it was shaping up to be a decent end to the 96th annual Academy Awards telecast at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday until the Hollywood legend rushed through his presenting of the last award of the night.

The 83-year-old Scarface star hit the stage and made an awkward joke about performing Shakespeare before jumping straight to announcing the Best Picture winner.

'Ten wonderful films are nominated, but only one will take the award for best picture. And I have to go to the envelope for that. And I will. Here it comes. And my eyes see Oppenheimer, yes!'

Meanwhile Emma, 35, powered through a wardrobe malfunction as she beat out an impressive field including favorite Lily Gladstone from Killers Of The Flower Moon in addition to Annette Bening, Nyad, Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall, and Carey Mulligan, Maestro.

This came after Cillian Murphy won the Oscar after being nominated for an Academy Award for the first time in his career as he triumphed over Bradley Cooper, Maestro, Colman Domingo, Rustin, Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers, and Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction.

Oscar winners 2024 full list - see who received trophies for this year's Academy Awards

 Best Picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things 

The Zone of Interest

Oppenheimer was the biggest winner of the night with seven including top honor Best Picture; Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, and Charles Roven are seen 

 

Best Director 

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon 

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer - WINNER

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Emma Stone, Poor Things - WINNER

Emma Stone earned a shock win in the Actress in a Leading Role category for Poor Things

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer - WINNER

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers - WINER 

Da’Vine Joy Randolph triumphed in the Actress in a Supporting Role category for The Holdovers 

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer - WINNER

Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things 

 

Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 

Cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro 

Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema - WINNER

Poor Things

 

Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - WINNER 

The Holdovers, David Hemingson

Maestro, Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December, Samy Burch (Story b Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)

Past Lives, Celine Song

 

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction, Cord Jefferson - WINNER

Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach

Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan

Poor Things, Tony McNamara

The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Cord Jefferson won Adapted Screenplay for American Fiction

 

Achievement in Production Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek - WINNER

Achievement in Sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn - WINNER

 

Original Song 

'The Fire Inside' from Flamin' Hot

'I'm Just Ken' from Barbie

'It Never Went Away' from American Symphony

'Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)' from Killers of the Flower Moon

'What Was I Made For?' from Barbie, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell - WINNERS

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell earned Original Song for Barbie's What Was I Made For?

 

Original Score  

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson - WINNER

Poor Things

 

Live Action Short Film

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales - WINNER

 

Animated Short Film

Letter to a Pig

95 Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko - WINNER

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko won Animated Short Film; Dave Mullins and Brad Booker pictured 

 

Documentary Feature Film

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER

 

Documentary Short Film

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop - WINNER

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

 

International Feature Film

Io Capitano, Italy

Perfect Days, Japan

Society of the Snow, Spain

The Teachers' Lounge, Germany

The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom - WINNER

The Zone Of Interest took home two Oscars including International Feature Film; Jonathan Glazer and James Wilson are pictured 

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston - WINNER

Society of the Snow 

 

Achievement in Costume Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Holly Waddington - WINNER

 

Achievement in Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame - WINNER

Poor Things 

 

Visual Effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima  - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

Godzilla Minus One won the Visual Effects award as Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya and Tatsuji Nojima are pictured