Matthew Perry is being remembered by his family, including half-sister Caitlin Morrison, ahead of the one-year anniversary of his death.
Caitlin, 43, and her father, “Dateline” journalist Keith Morrison, spoke “Hello! Canada” on Wednesday about the tragic loss. Perry overdoses on ketamine On October 28, 2023, at the age of 54.
“He had the ability to fill a room with light,” Caitlin said in her first interview since the death of her famous half-brother.
“When people were in a room [Perry]It was magnetic energy,” she said. “Everyone just had a smile on their face and they stuck to everything he said.”
Keith, 77, also remembered the late ‘Friends’ actor.
“When [Perry] To die suddenly, it was incredibly shocking…Anyone who has lost a child will tell you that, even if you are somehow prepared for the possibility, it is shattering,” the journalist said. Said. “What we decided to do is stick to that determination and try to do something useful.”
Since Perry’s death, Keith and Caitlin have started Matthew Perry FoundationWhose objective is to help people struggling with substance abuse.
Caitlin, executive director of the charity, said: “The work I’m doing right now is very selfish because it feels like I’m sitting right next to Matthew, working with him every day on something that’s important to him. Is.” ,
“I have the treasure of having him very close to my life all the time,” she also said, “which is wonderful.”
Keith said of Perry, “He would like to be remembered for doing something to help people suffering from addiction.”
perry’s parents There were John Bennett Perry and Susan Perry. Suzanne served as press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau before moving into political consulting and fundraising.
The former couple separated in 1970, less than a year after Perry’s birth, and Susan married Keith in 1981. Keith and Suzanne had four children together: Caitlin, Emily, Will, and Madeline.
Perry’s fifth half-sister was Maria Perry. Mariah is the daughter of Perry’s father and his second wife, Debbie.
Following Perry’s death, his mother and father, Caitlin, and his ex-girlfriend Rachel Dunn all the designated beneficiary of his or her estate,
late actor never married or had any children His own.
Perry drowned in the Jacuzzi of her home in the luxurious Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles last year. a toxicology report It was confirmed that he died from the acute effects of ketamine.The manner of his death was ruled accidental.
Perry’s assistant Kenny Iwamasa, drug broker Eric Fleming, Dr. Salvador Plasencia, Dr. Mark Chavez, and alleged “Ketamine Queen” Jasveen Sangha all have been charged Regarding Perry’s death,
Iwamasa is accused of giving his boss at least 27 injections of ketamine during the last five days of his life – Including the three final shots This reportedly resulted in Perry’s “death and serious physical injury”.
He pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, causing death.
after Five arrests were made in summer, Perry’s family released a statement Where they said, “We were and still are saddened by Matthew’s death, but it helps to know that law enforcement took his case very seriously.”
“We hope that justice will take its course,” he said.
Perry’s stepfather previously reflected on Hoda Kotb’s grief Making Space Podcast in March.
“As other people have told me hundreds of times, it doesn’t go away,” Keith said. “It’s with you every day. It stays with you all the time, and it has some new aspect that attacks your brain.
