Matthew Perry’s stepfather, Keith Morrison, spoke publicly about the Friends actor’s death for the first time on X Monday (November 27th), a month after Perry died unexpectedly at the age of 54. “This is not the sort of thing I commonly do, this pitch. But this year is different. And tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. Do what you can; he would have been grateful,” Morrison wrote. The Dateline correspondent included a link to the Matthew Perry Foundation’s website, which aims to continue Perry’s "enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction.” (By the way, aAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, more people are tuning in to watch Friends since Matthew Perry died at the age of 54 in late October. The sitcom saw 583 million minutes of viewing on Max from October 23rd to the 29th, marking a 31 percent increase in viewership numbers from the previous week.)
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