I understand he was an alcoholic... and purportedly a drug problem too. The same thing happened to a friend of mine. . I never knew he had a problem though. He was someone who like drinking hard liquor though... After returning from a trip, I checked my phone messages and saw that Rich left a message to go hang out. I returned his call, but no one answered. A couple days later I found out from his girl friend that Rich died of a heart attack. I couldn't believe it. Here was guy who played racket ball and was always out doing sport activities. Yet, I could see she was distraught.... I remember that look of pain and sadness in her eyes. He was only 50 years old. It was at this time, I learned how bad his drinking was. She told me how bad it was.... I had no idea. Apparently, his death occurred right after he had just opened his apartment door bringing in the groceries. After going up the steps, he must have keeled over and died right there.

Alcohol.... especially the hard alcohol, not only destroys all your organs, but all your relationships. It's 100% effective for doing this. It's an unending tragedy and its' a real bummer getting caught in the alcohol trap. I understand recovering alcoholics have a 2-3% success rate. It's that bad. And of course, government is heavily involved in the distribution of it.... They work both ends... Being both the pusher and enforcer. What a racket for killing their own citizens. I didn't really watch the "Friends" sitcom and only knew of Matthew Perry as being popular with that viewership. So sad. RIP Matthew Perry.