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Matthew Perry's 'Friends' co-stars reminiscence about late actor

LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 All five of Matthew Perry鈥檚 鈥淔riends鈥 co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts since the actor鈥檚 death last month .
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FILE - David Schwimmer, from left, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc pose after "Friends" won outstanding comedy series at the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 22, 2002, in Los Angeles. Cast members are sharing more remembrances of Perry in their first personal social media posts since the actor鈥檚 death on Oct. 28. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 All five of Matthew Perry鈥檚 鈥淔riends鈥 co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts since the .

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer each posted heartfelt notes about Perry, who died Oct. 28, on Instagram. The posts on Tuesday and Wednesday were accompanied by photos from the 鈥淔riends鈥 set.

鈥淚n the last couple weeks, I鈥檝e been pouring over our texts to one another. Laughing and crying then laughing again,鈥 Wednesday, sharing a text message where Perry sent her photo of a script reading session where Perry made her laugh.

鈥淥h boy this one has cut deep... Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I鈥檝e never experienced before,鈥 Aniston鈥檚 post read.

Kudrow became the fifth 鈥淔riends鈥 star to pay personal tribute to Perry amid the wave of mourning.

鈥淭hank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said, that my muscles ached, and tears poured down my face EVERY DAY," she said in an Instagram post. 鈥淭hank you for the best 10 years a person gets to have.鈥

The stars a few days after Perry's death, saying they were "all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family.鈥

Schwimmer dressed up as 鈥淢iami Vice鈥 characters, calling it 鈥渙ne of my favorite moments with you."

鈥淣ow it makes me smile and grieve at the same time,鈥 Schwimmer鈥檚 post said.

: 鈥淚t was an honor to share the stage with you and to call you my friend. I will always smile when I think of you and I鈥檒l never forget you. Never.鈥 His post included one candid shot of the cast all hugging on set.

Perry was found dead last month at his Los Angeles home. After an initial investigation, the Los Angeles County coroner deferred giving a cause of death, which may take weeks to determine.

Cox of a 鈥淔riends鈥 scene where her and Perry's characters are in bed, trying not to have their relationship discovered. It鈥檚 an iconic moment of the show, and Cox shared a bit of backstory about filming.

鈥淚n this scene, before we started rolling, he whispered a funny line for me to say,鈥 Cox posted. 鈥淗e often did things like that. He was funny and he was kind.鈥

鈥淚 am so grateful for every moment I had with you Matty and I miss you every day,鈥 she wrote.

Most of the posts references how sweet, funny and thoughtful Perry was.

LeBlanc ended his note with a bit of comedy, writing: 鈥淪pread your wings and fly brother you鈥檙e finally free. Much love. And I guess you鈥檙e keeping the 20 bucks you owe me.鈥

The Associated Press