The cause of Matthew Perry's death is still being looked into.
According to the cops, Perry was discovered unconscious in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home on Saturday. Experts warned that it might take weeks or even months to determine the cause of his death.
Experts warned on Monday that it would take weeks or months to identify the cause of death as the authorities looked into the death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry.
According to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department, Perry was discovered unconscious in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home on Saturday at around 4 p.m. According to the statement, Perry was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Los Angeles City Fire Department. 54 was his age.
Experts cautioned on Monday that while the authorities investigated the death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry, it might take weeks or months to determine the cause of death.
Perry was found unconscious in his Los Angeles home's hot tub on Saturday at around 4 p.m., according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department. The Los Angeles City Fire Department declared Perry dead at the site, according to the statement. He was fifty-four.
Perry's cause of death was listed as "deferred" on the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner's website earlier on Monday. This often indicates that additional research is required. Perry's case was completely absent from the internet later on Monday.
In an email sent on Monday afternoon, the department stated that it had "not yet concluded its investigation." It provided no other details.
Experts warned that gathering additional evidence and performing a toxicology screening could take weeks or months.
Perry had been transparent about his battles with addiction, which occasionally resulted in hospital stays for various illnesses. Perry claimed that he had been in treatment and rehab centers for over half of his life.
In "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing," his memoir published in 2022, Perry also talked about some of the health issues he had over the years. A string of medical mishaps befell him in 2018: pneumonia, an exploded colon, a brief period on life support, two weeks in a coma, nine months using a colostomy bag, and over six stomach surgeries.Perry had been in and out of treatment centers for over fifty percent of his life.
In a TikTok video about the case, forensic pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek, who is not connected to the inquiry, stated that it would be crucial to ascertain whether Perry's mouth and nose were submerged when he was discovered, suggesting that he might have drowned.
It would be crucial to find out why if he drowned, she remarked. Did heart disease have a role? or alcoholism? According to Dr. Melinek, "the lack of funding, equipment, and qualified toxicologists can cause test results to take weeks."
She added that in addition to looking for any home security footage that might help solve the case, investigators should examine the hot tub to make sure it was grounded correctly and wasn't overheating the water. She explained that heat exhaustion and dehydration could result from hot but not scalding water, and that these conditions could lead to drowning.
Dr. Melinek said in a Monday interview that "it's appropriate for it to take long." "A thorough investigation may take months to complete at times."
The chief medical examiner for Connecticut, Dr. James Gill, stated that it would be crucial to determine whether an unconscious person in a hot tub had deliberately submerged themselves, suggesting a suicide, or if they were unable to escape the water.
He speculated that the person who was unable to exit the water might have suffered a heart attack or become unconscious from drug or alcohol use.
In these kinds of situations, he said, medical examiners frequently record the cause of death as "pending," enabling them to send the body to a funeral parlor so the family can carry out burial or cremation arrangements while toxicology analyses are being carried out. He said it could take weeks to finish those tests.
The National Association of Medical Examiners' past president, Dr. Kathryn Pinneri, pointed out via email that Perry's drowning was not confirmed by the authorities.
However, she added, "Hot tub drownings are typically linked to alcohol, drugs, or medications, as well as underlying cardiac or neurological conditions." Therefore, until the findings of those tests are received, the cause and manner of death are typically unknown.
At the age of 24, Perry landed the role of the eccentric and sarcastic Chandler Bing on the television series "Friends," which completely transformed his life and thrust him into the spotlight alongside Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Jennifer Aniston.
The sitcom aired between 1994 and 2004. After that, Perry starred in a number of films and television series, some of which, like "Almost Heroes" (1998) starring Chris Farley and "Three to Tango" (1999), were a box office failure.
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