Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used social networks to pay tribute to Matthew Perry, who died this Saturday (28 years old), at the age of 54, the victim of a drowning at his home. “I will never forget the games we played in the schoolyard and I know people around the world will never forget the joy you brought them. Thank you for the laughs, you were loved and you gave us greatly missed,” the Prime Minister wrote. on X (formerly Twitter).

Perry was born in Massachusetts and raised in Ottawa, Canada. The actor, who played the character Chandler in “Friends,” attended elementary school with Trudeau. His mother was a press advisor to the father of the current Prime Minister, who then held this position. Matthew moved to California as a teenager to pursue a career in acting.

In 2017, Perry was on the US talk show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and said that he and Trudeau were colleagues, but their relationship was not that good. The actor was around ten years old and two years ahead of Trudeau. “I beat him,” he said, adding that he was not proud of the story. He revealed that with the help of a friend, he beat the current Canadian Prime Minister out of envy of his sporting skills. “It was pure desire,” he admits.

See excerpt from the interview:

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