Matthew Perry – who was worth $120 million – included AN ex-girlfriend in his will after the Friends star died aged 54
Matthew Perry left one of his ex-girlfriends in his will.
The lucky ex is former fashion student Rachel Dunn, whom he dated from 2003 to 2005. He signed the will on October 26, 2009.
Perry wrote in his memoirs that she was ‘the ex-girlfriend of his dreams’.
The two ended things around the time Friends ended.
“There was no drama involved (in the breakup), just a commitment from Matthew to stay focused on his sobriety,” a source close to the former couple told People at the time.
He had also dated famous ladies – including Julia Roberts, Neve Campbell, Natasha Wagner and Lizzy Caplan – but they were not in the will.
He left more than $1 million in a trust he set up named after a famous Woody Allen movie character, even though he was worth over $120M.
Matthew Perry left one of his ex-girlfriends in his will. The lucky ex is former fashion student Rachel Dunn, whom he dated from 2003 to 2005. Seen in 2004
He signed the will on 26 October 2009. Perry wrote in his memoirs that she was ‘the ex-girlfriend of his dreams’. Seen in 2003
The two ended things around the time Friends ended. “There was no drama involved (in the breakup), just a commitment from Matthew to stay focused on his sobriety,” a source close to the former couple told People at the time. Seen in 2004
He set up the trust called the Alvy Singer Living Trust – named after Allen’s 1977 Annie Hall character.
According to legal documents obtained by DailyMail.com, the late Friends star – who died of a ketamine overdose aged 54 on October 28, 2023 – made a will in 2009 in which he said he wanted to leave ‘most of his assets to a trust’.
The Chandler Bing actor – who starred in Friends from 1994 to 2004 – earned a reported $20 million a year in residuals from the show.
Other trustees on the list are the star’s father John Perry, mother Suzanne Morrison, half-sister Caitlin Morrison.
The documents list the value of the star’s personal estate as ‘just over $1 million’ – this money being what his executors found to be additional assets not already in his private trust.
Perry was worth an estimated $120 million.
He had also dated famous ladies – including Julia Roberts (pictured), Neve Campbell, Natasha Wagner and Lizzy Caplan – but they were not in the will
The star, who died without ever having children, had made a distinction in his will that any children he might have after 2009 were not ‘explicitly entitled’ to his fortune.
Lisa Ferguson and Mike Myers’ ex-wife Robin Ruzan are listed as co-executors of the will — both Perry and Ruzan worked on the game show Celebrity Liar in the 2010s.
Perry’s parents will likely assume his acting royalties as well as other parts of his estate, which includes his 2022 memoir, according to Day Pitney’s trusts and estates partner Tasha Dickinson.
Perry’s parents will likely assume his acting royalties as well as other parts of his estate, which includes his 2022 memoir, according to Day Pitney’s trusts and estates partner Tasha Dickinson. Seen with his father in October
Matthew Perry with mother Suzanne and sister Emily
Matthew and sister Madeline at the Spider-Man premiere at Mann Village in Westwood, California
Perry died from ‘acute effects of ketamine’ and drowning, his autopsy revealed – with the actor having similar amounts of ketamine in his system as a hospital patient under general anaesthetic.
“The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death for 54-year-old actor Matthew Langford Perry to be the acute effects of ketamine,” the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said.
‘Contributing factors in Mr. Perry’s death includes drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of death is accident.’
Perry was found face down in the hot tub adjacent to the swimming pool at his Los Angeles home at 16.17 on October 28, stunning the world of showbiz and crushing fans worldwide.
He had received ketamine infusion therapy as a treatment for depression, the coroner reported — but the last session was a week and a half before he died, and ketamine is only in your system for three to four hours, meaning it didn’t. lead directly to his death.
Mike Myers’ ex-wife Robin Ruzan is listed as one of the executors of Perry’s will – both Perry and Ruzan worked on the game show Celebrity Liar in the 2010s (pictured with Myers in 2004)
A photo of Perry appears during the In Memoriam Oscars tribute at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday
“At the high levels of ketamine found in his postmortem blood samples, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,” concluded doctor Raffi Djabourian.
Perry’s blood ketamine levels were 3,540 ng/ml in peripheral blood and 3,271 ng/ml in central blood.
For a patient under general anesthesia in a hospital, a blood ketamine level of 1,000 – 6,000 ng/ml would be normal, the coroner explained.
‘Drowning contributes because of the likelihood of submersion in the basin when he fell into unconsciousness; coronary artery disease contributes due to worsening of ketamine-induced myocardial effects on the heart.
‘Buprenorphine effects are listed as contributing, although not at toxic levels, due to the additive respiratory effects when present with high levels of ketamine.’
He had no alcohol, cocaine, heroin, meth or fentanyl in his system.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and the coroner conducted an autopsy on October 29.