THE tragic life and death of Friends star Matthew Perry illustrates a sad contradiction: Success and money can bring happiness — but NOT when the motivating forces are unstoppable inner demons that can never be satisfied.
Matthew, who perished at 54, was driven to succeed — and did — but still lived in torment.
In his youth, he was the 17th-ranked junior tennis player in Canada and when he died, he’d been nominated for five Emmys, a total of 34 acting awards and had $150 million in the bank.
He spoke to his family but pushed friends away.
At one point, he gobbled 55 Vicodin painkiller pills a day. He also spent $7 million on 15 rehab stays.
FIFTEEN!!!
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