Friends star Matthew Perry ‘left in coma’ after drug abuse led to burst colon

Friends star Matthew Perry came close to death after his colon burst from drug overuse (Ian West/PA)

Friends star Matthew Perry says he was on the brink of death after his colon burst from drug abuse.

The 53-year-old actor, who played the funny and sarcastic Chandler Bing on the popular US sitcom, has opened up about the role – as well as the substance and alcohol problems that have dogged his career – in a new autobiography.