Tuesday, March 12, 2024 – Matthew Perry's will has left more than $1million in a trust he established named after a famed Woody Allen film character.
Per legal documents obtained by DailyMail, the late Friends
star- who died from a ketamine overdose aged 54 on October 28, 2023, created a
will in 2009 saying he wanted to leave 'a majority of his belongings to a
trust.'
He created the trust named the Alvy Singer Living Trust -
named after Allen's 1977 Annie Hall character.
The documents list the value of the star's personal property
as a 'little over $1million' - this money is what his executors found as
additional assets that are not already in his private trust.
Perry was worth an estimated $120million. The star who died
without ever having children had made a distinction in his will that any kids
he may 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 game show
Celebrity Liar in the 2010s.
Other trust beneficiaries listed are the star's father John
Perry, mom Suzanne Morrison, half-sister Caitlin Morrison and ex Rachel Dunn.
Perry dated Dunn from 2003-2005. He signed the will on
October 26, 2009.
The Chandler Bing actor - who starred on Friends from
1994-2004 - made a reported $20million a year in residuals from the show.
Perry's parents will likely take on his acting royalties as
well as other parts of his estate which includes his 2022 memoir, according to
Day Pitney trusts and estates partner Tasha Dickinson.
Perry died from the 'acute effects of ketamine' and
drowning, his autopsy revealed with the actor having similar quantities of
ketamine in his system as a hospital patient under general anesthetic.
'The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner
determined the cause of death for 54-year-old actor Matthew Langford Perry as
the acute effects of ketamine,' the Los Angeles coroner's office said.
'Contributing factors in Mr. Perry's death include 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, which adjoins the
swimming pool at his Los Angeles home at 4.17pm on October 28, stunning the
world of showbiz and breaking the hearts of fans worldwide.
He had been receiving ketamine infusion therapy as treatment
for depression, the medical examiner reported - but the last session was a week
and a half before he died, and the ketamine is only in your system for three to
four hours, which means it did not lead directly to his death.
'At the high levels of ketamine found in his postmortem
blood specimens, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular
overstimulation and respiratory depression,' the medical examiner, Raffi
Djabourian, concluded.
Perry's blood ketamine levels were at 3,540 ng/ml in
peripheral blood, and 3,271 ng/ml in central blood.
For a patient under general anesthetic in a hospital, a
blood ketamine level of 1,000 - 6,000 ng/ml would be normal, the medical
examiner explained.
'Drowning contributes due to the likelihood of submersion
into the pool as he lapsed into unconsciousness; coronary artery disease
contributes due to exacerbation of ketamine induced myocardial effects on the
heart.
'Buprenorphine effects are listed as contributory, even
though 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 declared dead at the scene and the medical examiner
conducted the autopsy on October 29.
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