{"id":28370,"date":"2021-10-24T20:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T00:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=28370"},"modified":"2021-10-24T20:28:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T00:28:42","slug":"james-michael-tyler-who-played-gunther-on-friends-has-died-he-was-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/24\/james-michael-tyler-who-played-gunther-on-friends-has-died-he-was-59\/","title":{"rendered":"James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on &#8220;Friends,&#8221; has died He was 59."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28372\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/James-Michael-Tyler.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/James-Michael-Tyler.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/James-Michael-Tyler-300x198.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>&#8220;<em>Friends<\/em>&#8221; alum James Michael Tyler has died following a battle with stage 4 prostate cancer. He was 59.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler, who played Central Perk barista Gunther on the hit show, revealed his diagnosis for the first time in mid-June, about three years after his treatment began in 2018.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2522555928\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tyler was best-known for playing Gunther on <em>Friends<\/em>, a barista in Central Perk. &#8220;The world knew him as Gunther, the seventh &#8216;Friend,&#8217; from the hit series <em>Friends<\/em>, but Michael\u2019s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband,&#8221; his manager said.<\/p>\n<p>He took part in the <em>Friends<\/em> reunion special that aired in May 2021, but appeared via Zoom because of his health issues. 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