We remember actor Matthew Perry, who died last week at age 54. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2007 about auditioning to play Chandler Bing on Friends, and how overnight fame changed his life. And we'll listen back to our 2003 interview with his Friends co-star, Lisa Kudrow, about her time on the show. Justin Chang reviews Priscilla, directed by Sofia Coppola. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
On the TEd Radio hour, linguist Ann Curzan says she gets a lot of.
Complaints about people using the pronoun they.
To refer to one person.
I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me, but it can't be singular.
And I will say, but it is.
The history behind words causing a lot of debate.
That's on the Ted radio hour from NPR.
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The actor Matthew Perry died last weekend.
Found unresponsive in his hot tub in Los Angeles.
He was 54 years old.
In the last years of his life, he was best known for his efforts to discuss and combat substance abuse, including his own.
Last year, he wrote a best selling memoir detailing his own struggles with addiction.
Its title was Friends, lovers and the big terrible thing.
But Matthew Perry became known and became a beloved television star as one of the ensemble cast members of the hit NBC sitcom Friends.
That series ran for ten seasons from 1994 to 2004, and Perry's character of Chandler Bing was a major part of its success.
Hey, new wallet, huh?
Oh, yeah.