Those who were closest to actor Matthew Perry are understandably emotional on the one-year anniversary of his death.
For his longtime team, manager Doug Chapin and publicist Lisa Kasteler-Calio, their love for Perry, who died Oct. 28, 2023 at age 54, and his determination to help others struggling with addiction has fueled their involvement in the Matthew Perry Foundation in the U.S., which was established shortly after his death.
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Their mission today is to provide grants to grassroots organizations that are “looking to fill the gaps in people’s recovery journey,” says Chapin, who serves as the foundation’s board president. “One of reasons why it’s hard not to be emotional is this an organization constructed out of love for him. The thing that we all share is this act of love for him.”
The foundation, along with the Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada, established by the actor’s family, has turned Perry’s 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers and the …