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The Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s autopsy report said that Matthew Perry died from “acute effects of ketamine,” and the LAPD confirmed this to Rolling Stone. The LAPD and the Drug Enforcement Administration are now looking into Perry’s death.
At the age of 54, the Friends star passed away on October 28. According to the December autopsy report, Perry’s blood contained “high levels of ketamine” at the time of his death, which may have contributed to the beloved actor’s decline “into unconsciousness” and subsequent drowning. Buprenorphine side effects and coronary artery disease were also mentioned as contributing factors.
The Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner-Coroner website said that Perry’s death case was “closed,” and the Los Angeles Police Department officially finished its investigation into his death in January.
The current inquiry is purportedly concentrating on determining the amount of ketamine Perry had in his system and how it might have been obtained, five months after the original inquiry and over seven months after his death. The circumstances surrounding the actor’s death are being investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service in addition to the Los Angeles Police Department, with help from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Perry has multiple stints in treatment and was upfront about his lifelong addiction to drugs and alcohol. In his biography Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, written by Perry, he begins with the words, “Hello, I’m Matthew, though you may know me by another name.” Perry was quite honest about his troubles. My pals refer to me as Matty. And I ought to be gone by now. He revealed that he used up to 55 Vicodin per day while filming the third season of Friends, among other candid revelations about his addiction.
