Where Matthew Perry's Million-Dollar 'Friends' Fortune Is Going
His will named the executors of his estate.
The death of beloved Friends star Matthew Perry in October 2023 left a community of fans grieving, along with his co-stars and co-workers who got to know him over the years. Before his death, Perry was able to outline exactly what he wanted done with his fortune in his will, and a new legal filing is shedding light on just where his money will be going.
Court documents obtained by Us Weekly indicate that he chose Lisa Ferguson and Robin Ruzan as co-executors of his estate. Ferguson is Perry's longtime business manager and accepted the job; Ruzan, who was an executive producer on the game show Celebrity Liar which Perry appeared on in 2010, declined the position as an executor.
"All my personal and household effects, including, but not limited to, jewelry, furniture, and furnishings, works of art and automobiles, together with any insurance on such property, shall pass as part of my residuary estate," Perry wrote. This includes more than $1 million in personal property he owned when he died, along with all the money the executors have already put into his estate. The fortune will live in a trust he called the Alvy Singer Living Trust, named after Woody Allen's Annie Hall character.
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Perry wrote the will back in 2009 and listed his father John Perry and mother Suzanne Morrison, as well as his half-sister Caitlin Morrison and ex-girlfriend Rachel Dunn, as beneficiaries of the trust. And though he never had any kids, Perry made sure to plan ahead, as he wrote that any children he had would not have any access to his estate.
The court hearing for Perry's will, with Ferguson as the sole executor, will take place on April 10 in Los Angeles.