LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Actor Matthew Perry passed away as a result of the “acute effects of ketamine,” a sedative commonly used to treat depression, with drowning and heart disease serving as contributing factors, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office’s report on Friday.
The coroner’s autopsy report indicated that “the effects of buprenorphine,” a drug used to treat opioid use disorder, also contributed to Perry’s death, which was deemed an accident.
Perry, 54, most famous for his portrayal of Chandler Bing on the 1990s popular TV show “Friends,” was discovered lifeless in the jacuzzi of his Los Angeles residence on Oct. 28.
Perry’s passing occurred one year after the release of his memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” in which he detailed his prolonged struggles with addiction to prescription painkillers and alcohol, a battle he confessed nearly cost him his life on multiple occasions.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Leslie Adler and Jonathan Oatis)
