Matthew Perry was buried in a service attended by family and friends. Matthew Perry.

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Actor Matthew Perry, who died on Saturday at the age of 54, was laid to rest on Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery for the hit 1990s television sitcom Friends, Show Business Media reported, citing photos. Buried in a service with relatives and castmates.

Mourners gathered at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, less than a mile from the Warner Bros. studios where the show was filmed. It is also the final resting place of many Hollywood A-listers including Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball and Elizabeth Taylor.

Perry, who played Chandler Bing on Friends from 1994 to 2004, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, sparking an outpouring of grief from fans and fellow celebrities.

The show’s five surviving co-stars paid tribute to Perry in a joint message on Monday, calling her death an “irreparable loss.”

Media including TMZ and the New York Post’s Page Six reported on Friday’s event, posting long-distance and aerial photos of people.

All five Friends co-stars — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — were there, TMZ said.

Page Six reported that Perry’s father, John Bennett Perry, and his stepfather, Keith Morrison, were also there.

In total, about 20 people dressed in black attended and gathered around the burial plot, TMZ said.

Forest Hills did not respond to a Reuters request for confirmation.

The Friends co-stars released a joint statement on Tuesday, saying they were “absolutely devastated by the loss”, adding that they would have more to say in due course.

Perry’s cause and manner of death have not yet been determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, which will be followed by an autopsy with toxicology tests.

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Perry’s death came a year after the publication of his memoirs, Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing, which chronicled his decades-long struggle with addiction to prescription painkillers and alcohol. At the time, Perry said he had been sober for about 18 months.

Also on Friday, Perry launched a foundation to help people battling drug addiction.

According to its website, the Matthew Perry Foundation will “honor his legacy and be guided by his own words and experiences and driven by his passion to make a difference in as many lives as possible.”

The website continues with a quote from Perry saying, “When I die, I don’t want friends to be the first thing mentioned — I want helping others to be the first thing.” Be that which is mentioned.”

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