James Michael Tyler, who famously played Gunther in Friends has died. He was 59 years old.
Deadline Hollywood reports that he had stage 4 prostate cancer.
Tyler confirmed in June that the late-stage cancer had spread to his bones and spine, leading to paralysis of his lower body.
“So eventually, you know, it’s gonna probably get me,” he said on America's Today programme..
“All I had to do was take a pill in the morning and the night, and boom — life was pretty much normal,” he told Craig Melvin. He said the cancer mutated “right at the time of the pandemic.”
A recent story about Tyler said that he landed the role of barista Gunther because he was the only extra who could work a coffee machine. He went on to appear in more than 50 episodes. He also appeared in Just Shoot Me!, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Scrubs, and Episodes.
He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Carno.
Friends is available on netflix.
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