Luke Perry dead at 52 years old.

[Jcny18]

Yes Scrabber1, I thought of John Ritter too. Tragic

 

[easysurfer]

Looks like Luke Perry was good about getting legal affairs ahead of time in case of death:

When Luke Perry, whose full name was Coy Luther Perry III, died on March 4, 2019, he was surrounded by family and loved ones. Tragically, the actor -- who rose to fame playing a teenage heart-throb on Beverly Hills 90210 -- died from a condition that almost everyone thinks of as one that only strikes "old" people. Fortunately, Perry's foresight to do the proper estate planning meant that the tragedy was not made worse for his family

The decision to allow Perry to die - when he was healthy and vibrant less than a week earlier - must have been difficult. The fact that the hospital allowed Perry's family to end life support means that Luke Perry likely had executed the proper legal documents so that his family could make the decision. Specifically, in California, those wishes generally are made in writing, through an Advance Directive or a Power of Attorney. Without a proper legal document, Luke Perry's family may have needed an order from a probate court to terminate life support, at least if family members disagreed. That would have been a public and emotional process that would have prolonged his suffering and made it even harder for his family.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2019/03/08/luke-perry-estate-planning/#46cb55333d83