Matthew Perry’s will reveals the establishment of a trust named after a beloved Woody Allen film character, leaving over $1 million in assets, according to legal documents obtained by DailyMail.com.
The late Friends star, who tragically passed away from a ketamine overdose at the age of 54 on October 28, 2023, devised a will in 2009, expressing his desire to allocate “a majority of his belongings to a trust.”
This trust, titled the Alvy Singer Living Trust, pays homage to Allen’s iconic character from the 1977 film Annie Hall. Documents specify the value of Perry’s personal property at “a little over $1 million,” representing additional assets outside of his private trust.
With an estimated net worth of $120 million, Perry made a provision in his will stating that any children he might have after 2009 were not explicitly entitled to his fortune.
Isa Ferguson and Robin Ruzan, ex-wife of Mike Myers, serve as co-executors of the will. Both Perry and Ruzan collaborated on the game show Celebrity Liar during the 2010s. Beneficiaries of the trust include Perry’s father John Perry, mother Suzanne Morrison, half-sister Caitlin Morrison, and ex-girlfriend Rachel Dunn, whom he dated from 2003 to 2005. Perry signed the will on October 26, 2009.
As the famed Chandler Bing on Friends from 1994 to 2004, Perry reportedly earned $20 million annually in residuals from the show. It’s anticipated that Perry’s parents will manage his acting royalties and other aspects of his estate, including his 2022 memoir, according to Tasha Dickinson, a trusts and estates partner at Day Pitney.
Perry’s autopsy revealed that he died from the acute effects of ketamine and drowning, with ketamine levels in his system comparable to those of a hospital patient under general anesthesia. The Los Angeles coroner’s office cited drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine as contributing factors to his death, ruling it an accident.
Despite undergoing ketamine infusion therapy for depression, Perry hadn’t received treatment for a week and a half before his demise. The high ketamine levels in his bloodstream, according to medical examiner Raffi Djabourian, would lead to cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression, contributing to his death. Perry’s blood ketamine levels were significantly elevated, while tests indicated the absence of alcohol, cocaine, heroin, meth, or fentanyl.
Perry was found unresponsive in the hot tub at his Los Angeles residence on October 28, stunning the entertainment industry and grieving fans worldwide. His death highlights the complexities of mental health treatment and the risks associated with certain medications.
