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James Michael Tyler Dies: ‘Friends’ Actor Who Portrayed Gunther Was 59

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James Michael Tyler, the actor who portrayed Gunther in Friends, died at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday from Stage 4 prostate cancer, Deadline has confirmed.

He was 59.Tyler, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, opened up about his struggles to Today in June. He confirmed 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.“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.”Tyler was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on May 28, 1962, the youngest of five children.

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