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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office has released its first report on Matthew Perry, who died Saturday at age 54. On Sunday, the coroner's office updated its case online, saying that the cause of death had been "deferred." That typically means an autopsy has been completed but the examiner needs more time and is requesting further investigation into the death, including additional studies.

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00:00The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office has released its first report on Matthew Perry,

00:04who died Saturday at age 54. Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that the

00:09actor was discovered unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home around 4 p.m. Saturday.

00:15On Sunday, the coroner's office updated its case online, saying that the cause of death

00:18had been deferred. That typically means an autopsy has been completed, but the examiner

00:22needs more time and is requesting further investigation into the death, including

00:26additional studies. The spokesperson told People on Sunday that the results of Perry's autopsy are

00:31pending a toxicology report, which can take several weeks to complete. The Hollywood Reporter has

00:36reached out to the medical examiner's office for additional information. The Friends actor was

00:40open about his decades-long struggles with substance abuse, reflecting on his struggles to get sober in

00:44his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. While promoting the book, he noted he had

00:50been clean for 18 months. Perry also worked to help others become sober, turning his former Malibu

00:54Beach House into a men's sober living facility named the Perry House. For more on this story and the

00:59latest updates, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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