When news broke that "Friends" star and television icon Matthew Perry reportedly died at the age of 54 on Saturday, October 28, 2023, it was difficult for fans the world over to truly believe it. Of course, fans also know that the Chandler actor had publicly struggled with sobriety throughout his life. In recent years he'd made plenty of headlines for the startling revelations from the frontlines of that battle — many of which he'd written about in his 2022 memoir.

One such revelation is that, medically speaking, Perry had actually been dead once before — and that the actor made a huge career decision when he came back to life five minutes later. Not only that, but he credited "Friends" (and the intervention of a large man from Switzerland) with his successful resurrection.

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