Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry © Ron Davis

Jennifer Aniston honors first anniversary of Matthew Perry's death with emotional photos — fans react

The late Friends star passed away aged 54 on October 28, 2023

Beatriz Colon - New York
New York WriterNew York
October 28, 2024

It is a difficult day for the cast of Friends and more loved ones of the late Matthew Perry.

Monday, October 28 marked the first year anniversary since the Friends alum's passing; he was found dead aged 54 in the pool of his home, and was determined to have died from acute effects of ketamine after an autopsy report.

Jennifer Aniston, who worked with him for ten years on Friends and who remained close friends with him in the years following the show's ending up until his death, was among the first to pay tribute.

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The Morning Show actress took to Instagram on the poignant day and shared a round of photos of the two together through the years.

She first shared a grainy, black-and-white throwback photo in which Matthew has his arm around her shoulder, followed by another one of them on Friends in which he is planting a kiss on her forehead.

Jennifer lastly shared a photo of the full Friends cast, including Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, all in a group hug, and a final photo of Matthew smiling at the camera.

"1 year," she wrote in her caption, alongside a red heart and white dove emoji, and tagged The Matthew Perry Foundation, which was established in the wake of Matthew's passing to help those battling with addiction.

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The Friends cast after filming the last episode

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Fans were then quick to take to the comments section under the post and remember Matthew, with one writing: "He is so deeply missed. Forever with us. Sending love," as others followed suit with: "Your friendship will be eternal, that's how Matthew is to us," and: "This post is emotional, he is up there watching over you. We know how much you loved each other and that will be eternal," as well as: "We Miss you Chandler Bing."

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Friends aired from 1994 to 2004

Jennifer previously shared a tribute in honor of Matthew some weeks after his death, sharing a clip from Friends' last-ever episode where the pair's characters, Chandler and Rachel, said goodbye to each other. She then wrote: "Oh boy this one has cut deep... Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I've never experienced before."

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Jennifer and Matthew remained close Friends up until his death

"We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep. And we loved him deeply. He was such a part of our DNA. We were always the 6 of us. This was a chosen family that forever changed the course of who we were and what our path was going to be."

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The cast reunited for a special in 2021

She continued: "For Matty, he KNEW he loved to make people laugh. As he said himself, if he didn't hear the 'laugh' he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And boy did he succeed in doing just that. He made all of us laugh. And laugh hard."

"Matty, I love you so much and I know you are now completely at peace and out of any pain. I talk to you every day… sometimes I can almost hear you saying 'could you BE any crazier?'Rest little brother. You always made my day…" she concluded.

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