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Tina Campbell

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer break silence on Matthew Perry's death

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are the latest Friends cast members to pay individual tributes to Matthew Perry following his death two weeks ago.

Perry shot to fame in the 1990s playing Chandler Bing in the hit US sitcom alongside Aniston, Schwimmer, Couteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow.

He died in his hot tub aged 54 in an apparent drowning on October 28. An official cause of death has yet to be determined pending the results of a toxicology report, which could take several months to come back.

His co-stars issued a joint statement following his passing in which they said that they were "devastated" by his loss.

On Tuesday, LeBlanc became the first core Friends cast member to speak out on Perry's passing, hailing their time together as "among the favourite times of my life" and vowing to "never forget" him.

Cox suit followed suit by sharing a behind the scenes clip from Friends.

Now, Aniston has taken to Instagram to share some reflections of her own.

Alongside a behind the scenes image of them together and a screen shot of one of their text exchanges, she wrote: "Oh boy this one has cut deep... Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I've never experienced before.

"We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep. And we loved him deeply."

Schwimmer also took to the picture sharing app, writing: "Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity.

"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."

His tribute accompanied an image of them as their Friends alter egos from an episode set in the 1980s.

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