James Michael Taylor, the actor who played Gunther the Central Perk barista on NBC’s Friends, has Stage 4 prostate cancer. The actor revealed his diagnosis on Today this morning.“I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, which had spread to my bones,” Tyler told Craig Melvin. “I’ve been dealing with that diagnosis for almost the past three years. … It’s Stage 4 (now).
Late-stage cancer. So eventually, you know, it’s gonna probably get me.”He said the diagnosis came nearly three years ago during a routine checkup in September 2018.
Watch the actor tell his story in a message from the Prostate Cancer Foundation below.The actor, who appeared in more than 50 episodes of the popular sitcom from the second in 1994 through the 2004 finale,
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