Perry died of a drug overdose in October 2023.
A year-and-a-half after his death from a drug overdose,Maggie Wheelerstill very much missesFriendscostarMatthew Perry.
And I was on my back, and I was thinking about my brother.
Matthew Perry and Maggie Wheeler costar on ‘Friends’.Credit: NBC Studios/Everett
One circled around and came and got the other one, and it flew past me.
So that was a beautiful moment, if you go for that kind of stuff."
Wheeler appeared on 19 episodes, at least one on each of the NBC hit’s 10 seasons.
‘Friends’ costars Matthew Perry and Maggie Wheeler.Warner Bros./Everett
The rest of the time, he was annoyed by her, too.
The storyline perfectly fit into NBC’s Must-See TV hit.
“So the ripple, the wave was felt by so many.
In it, he estimated that he had spent $7 million “trying to get sober.”
Wheeler said that, while she had seen addiction struggle before, losing Perry still hurt.
And in Matthew’s case, he seemed to have turned a corner,” she said.
“Things seem to have been going well in certain kinds of ways.
There’s just that feeling of like the rug being pulled out.”
Since Perry’s death,five individuals have been chargedin connection with it, andseveral have pleaded guilty.
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