Topic: The Dead Actors Tribute Thread

[killer-heels]

Terrible news. RIP.

[Crosby Nick]

Oof that hits hard for some reason. Very sad news. RIP

[Kenny's Jacket]

My favourite off screen and probably everyone's favourite on screen from the group

So, so, sad

[Billy The Kid]

As someone who was once fond of a tipple myself, I've always had a place in my heart for Matthew Perry

Listening to him talk so frankly about his own struggles with addiction always resonated with me

His bitch-slapping of Peter Hitchens was also glorious to behold

Rest easy good sir. You'll be missed

[reddebs]

Of all the actors that have passed during my adult life this hits home more than any probably because Friends was the show I watched with my then teenage daughter and still have laughs about it now 😥

RIP Chandler Bing your demons are behind you now 💔

[Nick110581]

That’s really devastating news.

[B0151?]

Think he is absolutely deserving of his own thread mind. Friends was an absolute juggernaut and I think even most people who didn't really like it would agree he was the best part, still very popular to this day.

For all the criticism Friends got and gets, it's still a cut above over any of the big sitcoms that have come since in my opinion. Just an easy enjoyable watch with mostly likeable characters and a lot of iconic moments. The ultimate comfort watch for a lot of people.

[Nobby Reserve]

Really sad news

[Hazell]

Oof that hits hard for some reason. Very sad news. RIP

Yeah it does. RIP.

[So… Howard Philips]

As someone who was once fond of a tipple myself, I've always had a place in my heart for Matthew Perry

Listening to him talk so frankly about his own struggles with addiction always resonated with me

His bitch-slapping of Peter Hitchens was also glorious to behold

Rest easy good sir. You'll be missed

Just looked up his rumble with the odious Hitchens. If Addiction’s a fantasy why is Hitchen’s so addicted to talking shite?

[Ray K]

Just terrible news. Matthew Perry had just perfect comic timing, the innate ability you couldn't teach in drama school and elevated a simple sentence in a script to comic gold. RIP.

[Pistolero]

Gutted hearing about Matthew Perry....read his biography last year - sad and fascinating..and probably the most candid celebrity memoir I've ever read..a remarkably honest account of what it's like to be absolutely consumed by severe addiction for your entire adult life - add worldwide superstar status into the mix - and warts n all doesn't begin to cover it....but have to say, my thoughts after finishing it were that he probably wouldn't be around for very long....

RIP

[TepidT2O]

I’ve been reading about his work with alcoholics which is inspiring.

I’ve never watched Friends, but he’s left a fine legacy with this work.

[GinKop]

Really sad news. So many great memories of watching Friends with older siblings, not understanding the jokes and rewatching it all over again (many times!) as an adult.

Chandler was one of my favourites and has so many iconic moments.

RIP Matthew Perry

[damomad]

Played the best character in the biggest sitcom of all time. RIP

[gamble]

Very sad news.. I remember the interview with hitchens who got shown for the idiot he is. Alcoholism is a disease and Matthew Perry did amazing work sharing his problems with addiction. I hope he rests in peace for the laughs and help he gave to millions over the world

[Armchair expert]

Really sad about this , the first three, four seasons of Friends is some of the best comedy you could ever wish to see. And Chandler and Joey were one of the iconic double acts like Stan and Ollie, Eric and Ern and Bert and Ernie

[TheShanklyGates]

Celebrity deaths don't normally bother me all that much even when it's somebody I liked/admired but this one has hit me like a ton of bricks.

Fuck

[Claire.]

I just saw an obit type picture on reddit and can't believe it. In your head he's still like 30

[Clint Eastwood]

Celebrity deaths don't normally bother me all that much even when it's somebody I liked/admired but this one has hit me like a ton of bricks.

Fuck

Same. Such a loved person and he’s just died alone.

[F-T-9]

Celebrity deaths don't normally bother me all that much even when it's somebody I liked/admired but this one has hit me like a ton of bricks.

Fuck

Yeah same here. Last celeb that died that really hit me hard was probably Eddie Guerrero and I was just into my teen years at that time.

But this one's just so sad, he was my favourite character from Friends, arguably my favourite character in any sitcom ever. Such a legend. Watching Friends will never be the same.

[sheepfest]

RIP Chandler Bing

[S]

In it's early days Friends reached heights that very few sitcoms ever do, only try-hard snobs will dispute that. The character of Chandler was my personal highlight of a show that never missed a beat back then. He was the perfect mix of quick wit, sarcasm and pathos.

As others have said, it's one of those deaths that has hit me more than expected. Those six have always just been there haven't they? It doesn't seem right that one of them is gone.

[KillieRed]

chandler  :'(

Apparently he hated being called that by the general public.

[CortexVortex]

Thinking about it still makes me sad.
Friends was such a big part of my teenage years and Chandler is one if my favourite characters ever

[androulla]

RIP Matthew.

Loved watching you in Friends.
Thank you for making me laugh so much.

[The G in Gerrard]

Terrible news. RIP.

[AndyInVA]

Of all the actors that have passed during my adult life this hits home more than any probably because Friends was the show I watched with my then teenage daughter and still have laughs about it now 😥

RIP Chandler Bing your demons are behind you now 💔

Agreed.  It’s rare to see such honesty from anyone. Never
Mind quotation marks ‘ a celebrity’.

[surfer. Fuck you generator.]

Ah shame.  Least the inner torment is no more.
Brought joy to the world, a great legacy that Mr. Perry.

[Only Me]

Yep a real shame, that news.

He had very good comic timing, and if you fancy a laugh go on YouTube and watch his reaction to a couple of Miriam Margoyles stories when they were on Graham Norton together  .

[Ray K]

RIP Joss Ackland. His diplomatic immunity has been revoked 

[Red Beret]

Wow, Joss Ackland was a guy who had seemed to be 70 years old for 40 years. A great actor who lent gravitas to every film he was in, even somewhat silly ones like Bill and Ted.

RIP.

[Agent99]

RIP

[Son of Spion]

I see Dean Sullivan of Brookside fame has died after a short illness at the age of 68.

RIP, Dean.

[Kenny's Jacket]

I see Dean Sullivan of Brookside fame has died after a short illness at the age of 68.

RIP, Dean.

Just seen that on telly. Sad, as soap characters go, he was A list.

[Crosby Nick]

Just seen that on telly. Sad, as soap characters go, he was A list.

Yeah - the golden age of Brookie for me! Him and Cracker, what a double act. RIP

[Terry de Niro]

I see Dean Sullivan of Brookside fame has died after a short illness at the age of 68.

RIP, Dean.

He was on my Missus' ward in Arrowe Park Hozzy.
Very sad.
R.I.P Dean.

[paulrazor]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/brookside-actor-dean-sullivan-who-played-jimmy-corkhill-dies-aged-68-13019373

Sad news. Very iconic TV character.

[Ray K]

Ryan O'Neal, star of the awful Love Story and the magnificent Barry Lyndon has died aged 82. He was the father of Tatum O'Neal. Did great work with Peter Bogdanovich in the screwball comedies What's Up Doc and Paper Moon (where Tatum won an Oscar).

[ScouserAtHeart]

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor, dies aged 61
The actor who played the deadpan Captain Raymond Holt and starred in Homicide: Life on the Street, has died after a brief illness

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/13/andre-braugher-dies-cause-of-death-illness-61-brooklyn-nine-nine