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Ione Skye Shares Last Messages With Matthew Perry Before His Death

‘LOVED THIS GUY’

“I’m very very sad,” the actress captioned screenshots of the texts.

Matthew Perry watches the Los Angeles Lakers NBA game against the Seattle Supersonics in Los Angeles, Nov. 3, 2006.
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One of Matthew Perry’s former co-stars posted text messages over the weekend from their “last exchange” in the days before the Friends actor’s death at the age of 54 on Saturday. British-American actress Ione Skye, who starred alongside Perry in his 1988 debut film, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, shared the messages on her Instagram account explaining the conversation took place “a week ago.” “Hi! I hope all is well,” reads one message apparently from Perry. “I was meditating ( I meditate now) and “In You Eyes ” [sic] started playing [referring to Peter Gabriel’s classic song from Skye’s 1989 movie Say Anything]. And I instantly thought of you and how beautiful you are,” the message continued. “Awe. I love that,” Skye replied. “Hope you are healthy and happy,” Perry wrote in a follow-up. Skye answered that she was, adding: “I only have nice memories with you.” “Me too,” Perry replied. “I’m very very sad,” Skye captioned the exchange. “Loved this guy.”