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Matthew Perry's Will Names the Executors of His Estate and a $1 Million Trust

More than four months after Matthew Perry’s death at the age of 54, details about the beloved Friends actor's will have emerged.

According to a legal filing obtained by PEOPLE, the will indicates that the majority of the late actor’s belongings will be placed in a trust with a legendary Hollywood link. The document — which Perry created in 2009 — notes that he wanted to leave his items in the “Alvy Singer Living Trust,” which is seemingly named after Woody Allen’s character in Annie Hall.

His father John Perry and mother Suzanne Morrison are named trust beneficiaries. Half-sister Caitlin Morrison and Rachel Dunn are also listed as beneficiaries.

Perry also indicated in his will that any children he had would not be entitled to access his estate. (The actor never had kids.)

The filing also indicates that Perry had over $1 million in personal property when he died, which is in addition to what his executors — Lisa Ferguson and Robin Ruzan — have already put in the living trust.

Ruzan, who is Mike Myers’ ex-wife, was the executive producer of the game show Celebrity Liar on which Perry appeared in 2010.

PEOPLE has reached out to Perry's rep for comment.

Perry died on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 at his Los Angeles home. He was 54. A spokesperson from the Los Angeles Fire Department told PEOPLE at the time they responded to a call at 4:07 p.m. that cited a “medical emergency.”

The actor's death was later revealed to be caused by acute effects of ketamine in an autopsy report obtained by PEOPLE in December. Drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects (a medication used to treat opioid use disorder) were also listed as contributing factors in his death, which was ruled accidental.

The autopsy stated that Perry — who was "reportedly clean for 19 months" — was on ketamine infusion therapy, with his latest treatment taking place just "one and a half weeks before" his death. However, the coroner noted that "the ketamine in his system at death could not be from that infusion therapy, since ketamine's half-life is 3 to 4 hours, or less."

Prior to his death, Perry was outspoken about his struggle with addiction. In his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, he shared his sobriety journey.

“I wanted to share when I was safe from going into the dark side again,” he told PEOPLE at the time for a 2022 cover story. “I had to wait until I was pretty safely sober—and away from the active disease of alcoholism and addiction—to write it all down. I was pretty certain that it would help people if I did.”

Perry was best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the 90s sitcom, Friends. Throughout his career, he spoke highly of the role that brought him — and fellow cast members, Jennifer Aniston. Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — breakout fame.

"It changed my life in every way. I got the show when I was a 24-year-old man; the show ended when I was 34. It formed my life. And it was the time of my life," Perry previously told PEOPLE.

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by Anonymousreply 14March 13, 2024 4:12 PM

So, how much was he worth?

by Anonymousreply 1March 12, 2024 1:46 PM

8 million

by Anonymousreply 2March 12, 2024 3:46 PM

Only 8 million? He must have spent like crazy. He made a million per episode during the last season of Friends. I call bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 3March 12, 2024 6:03 PM

Heroin, meth, ketamine, booze ain’t cheap

by Anonymousreply 4March 12, 2024 6:10 PM

[quote] Perry also indicated in his will that any children he had would not be entitled to access his estate.

"For reasons which are well known to them."

by Anonymousreply 5March 12, 2024 6:17 PM

The Annie Hall name is so cheesy. What a comedian!

by Anonymousreply 6March 12, 2024 7:24 PM

I would think he'd be worth much more, even with the drug spending habit. I read that the cast of Friends still gets $20m a year, and this was reported as of November of last year. That's a shit ton of drugs he must have been doing.

But what do i know?

by Anonymousreply 7March 12, 2024 7:29 PM

120M was stated as his net worth in an article today.

The Will is from 2009. Surprised with all his problems and hospitalizations he didn't update the Will recently.

Only one of his step-siblings inheriting? Has 3 or 4. I guess he was difficult to deal with.

by Anonymousreply 8March 12, 2024 7:32 PM

That thing about any children he might have would not inherit anything, is weird.

I wonder what that was all about?

by Anonymousreply 9March 12, 2024 7:40 PM

Maybe it’s about women getting knocked up by him.

by Anonymousreply 10March 12, 2024 7:43 PM

[quote] I wonder what that was all about?

It is standard boilerplate language in CA. Any child, whether known and acknowledged or not, is a presumptive heir unless expressly disinherited.

by Anonymousreply 11March 12, 2024 10:24 PM

[quote]He made a million per episode during the last season of Friends. I call bullshit.

You don't understand how Hollywood works. Agents. Managers. Taxes. Other Expenses. Maybe he ended up with $250,000.

And in Perry's case, lots of drugs and numerous failed attempts at rehabilitation. Not cheap.

by Anonymousreply 12March 12, 2024 10:33 PM

Easy to forget that those six actors made more in a few years than many major Hollywood stars made in a lifetime. None of them ever has to work again - and several apparently never did.

Nobody from that purple apartment is going to end up like Doris Day, rotting away in the actors' retirement home and giving gin-soaked interviews to USC film school students in exchange for a carton of Virginia Slims.

by Anonymousreply 13March 13, 2024 3:25 PM

Doris Day was worth about $200m at the time of her death.

by Anonymousreply 14March 13, 2024 4:12 PM
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