FOG BLOG ENTERTAINMENT LOG: CANADIAN BORN ACTOR , MATTHEW PERRY, 'FRIENDS' DIES AT 54 IN ACCIDENT!

Friends actor Matthew Perry dead at 54

Ottawa-raised actor portrayed Chandler Bing in hit sitcom Friends star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television's most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54.

The actor, who was raised in Ottawa, was found dead at his Los Angeles home, according to coroner's records. An investigation into how he died is ongoing, and it may take weeks before his cause of death is determined.

Perry's body was found in a hot tub at his home, according to unnamed sources cited by the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. LAPD Officer Drake Madison told The Associated Press on Saturday that officers had gone to his neighbourhood "for a death investigation of a male in his 50s."

Friends co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, and executive producer Kevin Bright, remembered Perry in a statement released Sunday.

"We will always cherish the joy, the light, the blinding intelligence he brought to every moment — not just to his work, but in life as well. He was always the funniest person in the room. More than that, he was the sweetest, with a giving and selfless heart," they said.