How Did James Michael Tyler Die?

Through Twitter, producer and director Kevin Bright announced that James Michael Tyler, Gunther in ‘Friends’, would have died at 59 years of age.

Kevin Bright, who was one of the directors of ‘ Friends ‘, announced through his Twitter the alleged death of James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther in the famous sitcom.

A few months ago, it was reported that James Michael Tyler had revealed that he had stage 4 prostate cancer.

For now, fans of ‘ Friends ‘ and James Michael Tyle r have lamented the death of Gunther on social networks, who was the eternal love of Rachel (Jennifer Aniston).

Tyler died at his Los Angeles residence due to prostate cancer, said his representative, Toni Benson. He was diagnosed with the advanced-stage disease in 2018.

Tyler appeared briefly on series of the 1990s such as “Just Shoot Me!” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” before landing the role as a supporting character in the second episode of “Friends” in 1994. He became the series’ most recurring guest star as Gunther, the Central Perk barista whose affection for Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) was not reciprocated.

Tyler landed the role while working as a barista at the Bourgeois Pig coffee shop in Los Angeles. He did not have a dialogue on “Friends” until his 33rd appearance on the show, according to Saul Austerlitz’s book “Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era,” published in 2019. Out of 236 episodes of the series, Tyler appeared in 150 of them.

Warner Bros. Television, which produced the series, mourned the passing of Tyler, “a beloved actor and an integral part of our ‘Friends’ family.”

Once “Friends” came to an end in 2004, Tyler had guest appearances on “Scrubs” and “Modern Music,” and he played himself in an episode of Matt LeBlanc’s “Episodes” in 2012.

After being diagnosed with cancer, Tyler starred in two short films while undergoing treatment and performed an oral performance of Stephan Kalinch’s poem “If You Knew” to help raise awareness of the disease for the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Tyler is survived by his wife, Jennifer Carno.

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