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David Schwimmer is the latest Friends cast member to say his goodbyes to Matthew Perry with a heartfelt message on social media. After Jennifer Aniston's message earlier this morning and Courteney Cox's and Matt LeBlanc's sweet posts just yesterday, Schwimmer shared a post today that included a heartfelt sentiment and an image from what he considered one of his favorite moments from the long-running NBC sitcom.
Perry passed away in Los Angeles last month, spurring his co-stars, the show's directors, and even guest stars to open up about Perry's signature brand of comedy, how much he meant to them, and his lasting impact on the entertainment industry as a whole.
"Matty," Schwimmer wrote Instagram. "Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity."
He added, "I will never forget your impeccable comic timing and delivery. You could take a straight line of dialogue and bend it to your will, resulting in something so entirely original and unexpectedly funny it still astonishes. And you had heart. Which you were generous with, and shared with us, so we could create a family out of six strangers."
Schwimmer wrote his sentiment alongside a photo from the sitcom's episode "The One with All the Thanksgivings," from season 5, which feels timely as fans prep for the upcoming holiday.
"This photo is from one of my favorite moments with you. Now it makes me smile and grieve at the same time," Schwimmer finished his caption. "I imagine you up there, somewhere, in the same white suit, hands in your pockets, looking around — 'Could there BE any more clouds?'"
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Like Schwimmer and his other co-stars, Perry was open about how much his friendships meant to him. During Friends: The Reunion, which aired on Max earlier this year, Perry said that anytime they saw each other, they ended up spending time together, regardless of the situation.
"The best way that I can describe it is after the show was over, at a party or any kind of social gathering, if one of us bumped into each other, that was it," he said. "That was the end of the night. You just sat with the person all night long and that was it."
"You apologized to the people you were with, but they had to understand you had met somebody special to you and you were going to talk to that person for the rest of the night. And that’s the way it worked," he finished.
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