'FRIENDS' Actor James Michael Tyler Dies At 59 After Diagnosing Cancer
Sad news came from actor James Michael Tyler. The actor who is best known for his role as Gunther in the sitcom FRIENDS died (24/10) after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
As reported by www.independent.ie, Tyler had revealed that he had suffered from prostate cancer. Tyler was diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease in 2018. Unfortunately, the disease did not go away until it eventually spread to his bones, making it difficult for him to walk. His representatives explained that Tyler died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday.
In a statement announcing his death, Tyler's representative said, "The world knows him as Gunther, from the hit series FRIENDS, but those who love Michael know him as an actor, musician, cancer awareness advocate, and a loving husband. Michael loves live music, cheers. -cheers at the Clemson Tigers. (The American Football Team), and often finds himself on fun and unplanned adventures. If you meet him after you've made a friend for life."
In 2021 Tyler gave a performance of Stephen Kalinich's poem If You Knew which was eventually adapted into a short video to raise awareness for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. In his absence, Tyler left his beloved wife Jennifer Carno.
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Along with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, and Matthew Perry, Tyler has played and entertained viewers on the sitcom series FRIENDS for 10 years and 150 episodes. Thanks to being a Central Perk coffee manager with bleached hair and unrequited love for Rachel, Gunther is deeply loved by his millions of fans. To the extent that Gunther was dubbed by many fans as "The seventh friend".
At first he was only given the role of milling around behind a desk at Central Perk. But thanks to his acting that won the hearts of the audience, finally Gunther, his own sentence for 10 years, played a role in FRIENDS.
As a production company that has been producing sitcoms for 10 years, through its Twitter account "Friends", Warner Bros. conveyed its message "Warner Bros. Television is sure sure of the passing of James Michael Tyler, a beloved actor and an integral part of our FRIENDS family. Our thoughts are with you. his family, friends, colleagues and fans."
In addition to playing Gunther, Tyler has also played in other TV shows such as the sitcom SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH, and the SCRUBS series.