Matthew Perry’s Personal Wealth Dwindled To Just $1.5 Million Before His Death – But Actor Left Family $120 Million In A Trust

Actor Matthew Perry’s personal wealth has just been valued at more than $1.5 million following his death in 2023. The money will be put in a trust that is already worth more than $120 million.

Perry, known for his role as Chandler Bing in Friends, was found dead in his hot tub last year with ketamine in his system. According to new court filings, he left a will with numerous beneficiaries, including his father, John Perry, mother, Suzanne Morrison, and half-sister, Caitlin Morrison, along with Rachel Dunn, an old ex-girlfriend. Perry and Dunn dated from 2003 to 2004.

The actor named the trust the “Alby Singer Living Trust” after Woody Allen‘s character in the movie Annie Hall.

The new filings show his personal property amounted to much more than his family and friends expected. The trustee of Perry’s estate filed an inventory and appraisal document showing a balance of $1,596,914.47, in addition to what his executors previously put into the living trust.

Perry’s parents will likely take on his acting royalties – amounting to $20 million a year in residuals from Friends – as well as other parts of his estate. The court documents show that Perry owned no real property in California. The $6 million Pacific Palisades home where he died is reportedly still in his trustee’s name.

Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine” and drowning. According to police, the actor had the same quantity of ketamine in his system as a hospital patient under general anesthetic. He had been receiving ketamine infusion therapy as a treatment for depression.

“Contributing factors in Mr. Perry’s death include drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of death is accident,” the Los Angeles coroner’s office said at the time of his passing.

However, law enforcement is currently investigating Perry’s death, as some believe that “multiple” people should be charged for the administration and distribution of ketamine.