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Kathleen Turner. Kathleen Turner is sharing a remembrance of her TV son, Matthew Perry, following his death at age 54 on Saturday. Turner, who had a three-episode stint on Friends as the parent of Perry's Chandler Bing, said in a statement shared with EW, that she was proud to play his 'Dad. ');})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(BLbFZs-rAYDjwPAP7ffr2QI__45,
In recent years, Kathleen has struggled with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that affects her mobility, but she hasn't let it take over her life. “I'm getting stronger all the time,” says the star, who appeared in the 2024 film The Long Game. “Part of me goes: Jesus, do I get to stop working at some point?
The 69-year-old actress — who played the parent of Perry's Chandler Bing on Friends — tells PEOPLE that she is “very sad for Matthew” after learning that he was found dead at age 54 in his Los Angeles home on Saturday. “He came to see one of my Broadway shows and he came backstage,” Turner reveals.
Kauffman, who created the 1994 to 2004 series with David Crane, admitted that “referring to her as 'Chandler's father', even though Chandler's father was trans” was a “mistake.” “Pronouns were not yet something that I understood. So we didn't refer to that character as 'she.