Matthew Perry's mother recalls one of last conversations before actor's overdose death

The entertainment industry was rocked last year by the death of Friends star Matthew Perry, and now his mother has stepped forward to offer her recollections of the tragedy itself and the struggles that led to that fateful day.

In an interview set to air on Monday, Perry's mother, Suzanne Morrison, tells Today host Savannah Guthrie about one of her final encounters with her son before he lost his life to addiction, as USA Today reports.

Family remembers late star

The beloved sitcom star was found dead last October at the age of 54, submerged in the pool at his Los Angeles home, a death later revealed to be due to “the acute effects of ketamine,” as the L.A. County Medical Examiner's Office later revealed.

Despite his well-known struggles with drug use, Perry was a much-loved son to Morrison, who recounts in the interview her last memory of speaking with him.

“He came up to me and he said, 'I love you so much, and I'm so happy to be with you now,'” Morrison said.

The grieving mother continued, “It was almost as though it was a premonition or something. I didn't think about it at the time, but I thought, 'How long has it been since we have had a conversation like that?' It's been years.”

Perry's death has been particularly difficult for Morrison, a fact which her husband, Dateline host Keith Morrison, explained back in March, saying, “As other people have told me hundreds of times, it doesn't go away. It's with you every day. It's with you all the tie and there's some new aspect of it that assaults your brain.”

Legal accountability sought

Earlier this month, as the Associated Press notes, a San Diego physician became the third individual to plead guilty in connection to Perry's overdose death.

Dr. Mark Chavez pleaded to one felony count of conspiring to distribute ketamine as part of a deal reached with federal prosecutors.

He also agreed to assist as government lawyers pursue more serious counts against Dr. Salvador Plasencia and Jasmine Sangha, a reputed dealer popularly known to Hollywood insiders as the “ketamine queen.”

As legal accountability continues to be pursued in Perrys' death, it serves as some consolation but is unlikely to erase the devastation still felt by the actor's family.

In the wake of the announcement of charges against those accused of involvement in Perrys' death, his loved ones issued a statement to that effect, declaring, “We were and are still heartbroken by Matthew's death, but it has helped to know law enforcement has taken his case very seriously,” and that sentiment likely also applies for the millions of fans he left behind.