<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span lang="ar">Although about a month and a half has passed since the death of artist Matthew Perry, star of the American series "Friends", the causes of his death are still on the minds of many, as it was reported that he died after taking the anesthetic ketamine.</span></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><span lang="ar">Causes of death of Matthew Perry</span></span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">The body of Matthew Perry, which was found in the bathroom on October 28, was reported by the</span> <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span lang="ar">Los Angeles</span></a> County Coroner <span lang="ar">'s Office today, saying that there were several factors that contributed to Matthew Perry's death, which was described as an accident, and it was explained that the factors included drowning and his infection with an illness. Coronary heart disease, as well as the effects of buprenorphine, a drug Matthew Perry was taking, which is used to treat opioid addiction.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">The main cause of death was his abuse of ketamine, as the American artist admitted in his memoirs published last year that he underwent 65 rehabilitation sessions to get rid of his addiction, and spent more than $9 million for this purpose.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">He also underwent many surgeries related to drug addiction problems, including a colon operation that lasted seven hours in 2018, and he even went so far as to say, “I was supposed to be dead.”</span> </p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgWwglvgEX8"></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><span lang="ar">What substance, ketamine, caused Matthew Perry's death?</span></span></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">Research conducted in 2006, at the National Institutes of Health in the United States, revealed that an intravenous dose of ketamine can relieve severe depression within hours.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">Over the course of his final years, the 54-year-old actor, known for his role as "Chandler Bing" in the series "Friends", struggled to treat drug and alcohol addiction, and more than once entered rehabilitation centers.</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1000/720;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/f253a687-8657-49d0-8a5f-66acfa38371f.jpg" alt="Matthew Perry"></figure><h4 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><span lang="ar">Matthew Perry and the Friends series</span></span></h4><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The late artist was famous for his <a href="https://news.sbisiali.com/ar/news/article/mohamed-heneidy-25-years-in-which-the-nightingale-of-comedy-was-at-the-top" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span lang="ar">comedic</span></a> <span lang="ar">character Chandler Bing</span> <span lang="ar">in the series “</span> <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span lang="ar">Friends Friends</span></a> <span lang="ar">,” and he played this role alongside: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">The Friends series aired between 1994 and 2004, with its ten seasons and 230 episodes.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">During his most recent appearance on television, Perry surprised the audience by admitting that he suffered from great anxiety “every night” during the filming of the series “Friends.”</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:674/485;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/75c722f0-f7c8-4e75-9b79-c685adad41ba.jpg" alt="Matthew Perry"></figure>