Matthew Perry’s family reflects on his overdose death a year after the fact. The ‘Friends’ star’s mom is ‘thrilled’ about accountability in the federal probe.
Matthew Perry‘s family marked the first anniversary of the “Friends” star’s death by advocating for his addiction foundation Monday and weighing in on the ongoing investigation into his death.
In an appearance on NBC’s “Today,” Perry’s mother, Suzanne Morrison, his stepfather and “Dateline” correspondent, Keith Morrison, and the actor’s three sisters said that in life Perry focused on helping other people and encouraging them to say they need help.
“He tried to make people see that that was a brave thing,” said sister Caitlin Morrison, executive director of the Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada.
The family announced the Canadian arm of the foundation earlier this month to address the impact of addiction by funding research and “providing post-treatment support living with substance abuse disorders.” Perry was born in the U.S. but raised in Canada, moving to L.A. to be with his father, John Perry, when he was 15.
