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Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Sad news comes to us from the entertainment world in the United States. Friends star Matthew Perry died at the age of 54 on Saturday, October 28, 2023, local time.

City of CNBCSunday (10/29/2023), Matthew Perry plays Chandler Bing, a statistical analyst in the series Friends.

The show became a television blockbuster, dominating prime time alongside Seinfeld. The series Friends lasted 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004.

Besides Friends, Matthew Perry has also appeared in several other series including “Boys Will Be Boys”, “Growing Pains”, Bevery Hills, 90210, The West Wing and Scrubs.

Matthew Perry grew up in Ottawa, Canada and became one of the best tennis players competing in Canadian juniors. He left sports to become an actor when he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 15.

He also joined Friends at the age of 24. This series catapulted the name of Perry and the other cast members.

Quoted from news.com.au, in 2002, Perry and five other colleagues made history by reaching a $1 million payment deal for the first time, or about Rs 15.93 billion per month. episode. The actors negotiated and threatened to leave the show if they were not paid equally.

At the time, it was the largest payday ever for a 30-minute television show. This is a big step forward from what was reported when the show first aired.

Initially, according to MarketPlace, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courtney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer received USD 22,500, or approximately IDR 358.48 million per episode. However, during the third season, players reportedly earned USD 100,000, or approximately IDR 1.59 billion per episode.