'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning
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Matthew Perry drowned to death Saturday, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

So sad :(

  • YⓄ乙 English
    23•2 years ago

    Is it true he drowned in his jacuzzi? Really hard to believe

    • Melkath
      92•2 years ago

      Stroke or heart attack (or shooting up after a long tolerance break) alone in a body of water has an immediate cause of death of drowning.

      The cause of the immediate cause of death isn’t known until autopsy.

        • Melkath
          -1•2 years ago

          Hot Tubs feel great, but they wreak havoc on the circulatory system.

          Spike your blood pressure something fierce.

            • @essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
              0•2 years ago

              Soaking in a bathtub or basking in a sauna can be a pleasant way to relax. Done on a regular basis, both habits may also help prevent heart attacks and strokes, according to several studies.

              “The high temperatures in a warm tub or sauna cause your blood vessels to dilate, which lowers blood pressure,” says Dr. Adolph Hutter, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The volume of blood your heart pumps will also rise, especially in a hot tub. That’s a result of the pressure of the water on the body, which increases the heart’s workload, he explains.

              https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/hot-baths-and-saunas-beneficial-for-your-heart

              • Melkath
                -1•2 years ago

                So actually comprehending this, if that is what I’m doing, the heat is causing your body to do what it does when your blood pressure is spiking, but since you are in a body of water, the weight of the water is changing the atmospheric pressure on the the body, and nets to lower blood pressure.

                Heat is making the heart pump harder, and the blood move faster, but the atmospheric pressure is dilating the blood cells, resulting in net lower PB.

                Kinda sounds like “wreaking havoc on the circulatory system”. Same as rigorous exercise weeks havoc on the circulatory system.

                Overdo stress on the circulatory system, get heart attack or stroke.

            • Melkath
              -1•2 years ago

              Sounds like it’s not as simple as I thought it was.

              Pretty sure I’m still pretty accurate on the “wreaks havoc” part.

              • @PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
                0•2 years ago

                Indeed, hot baths are so harmful to your health, which is one of the reasons why the Japanese have one of the shortest lifespans on the planet - it’s because of those daily hot baths and onsen that they partake in.

                • Melkath
                  -1•2 years ago

                  What a dipshit argument.

                  Ya, if you run 5 miles a day every day, you’re gonna be in great shape.

                  If you snort mountains of coke and eat cake without any exercise for 20 years and then force yourself to run for 5 miles, you’re going to blow your heart out.

                  Recent studies say for most people, a half hour in the hot tub is the equivelent of a half hour run. It is intense on the circulatory system.

                  If you are saying Mathew Perry had the diet and physical activity level, and hence the circulatory system of a 54 year old Japanese man, then youvare a dipshit.

      • @WhatsUpDoc@lemm.eeEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        He could have just got drunk and passed out. Mix in a sleep aid and it doesn’t seem unlikely.

      • @hydrospanner@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10•2 years ago

        They are saying no drugs or alcohol involved, so I’m guessing a few hours of strenuous exercise followed by jacuzzi = a heart attack while in the jacuzzi alone leading to drowning as the immediate cause of death, but triggered by the heart attack.

  • @eee@lemm.eeEnglish
    7•2 years ago

    Aw man. Even the main Seinfeld cast is still around.

    Shows what substance abuse does I guess. RIP

      • XIIIesqEnglish
        -26•2 years ago

        I was hoping that any form of “upvoted” was something we’d be leaving behind on Reddit.

        • @TALL421@lemmy.oneEnglish
          3•2 years ago

          What else would you call it then, how else would you let the community decide what is or isn’t worth seeing?

          • XIIIesqEnglish
            -2•2 years ago

            I’m not opposed to the terms upvote and downvote.

            I’m opposed to any variation of the comment “I upvoted this!” It adds literally nothing to the conversation, if you liked a post but have nothing to add, then upvote it and then move on like everyone else.

      • @foo@programming.devEnglish
        -2•2 years ago

        Wealthy man dies in his pool sized Jacuzzi. Entire world expected to be sad.

        Kids living in abject poverty are starved and made to drink salty water before being bombed into atoms. World expected to be largely indifferent.

        News at 11.

        • @floridaman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          5•2 years ago

          Yes other people are suffering, but can we just let people care about things? My dad read Perry’s book and felt real emotional attachment to the man, through both their struggles with addiction and mental health. He was completely devastated when we heard about this. Yes there is worse shit to talk about in this world, but Mathew Perry meant a lot to some people, in his acting career and otherwise.