Actor James Michael Tyler who performed Gunther on ‘Friends’ passes away at 59

By AFP

LOS ANGELES: Actor James Michael Tyler who performed espresso store supervisor Gunther on the hit sitcom “Friends” died Sunday at age 59, US media reported.

Tyler died at his dwelling in Los Angeles after battling prostate most cancers that he was first identified with in 2018, in response to a consultant.

“The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh ‘Friend’), from the hit series Friends, but Michael’s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband,” consultant Toni Benson stated in an announcement to US media.

His “Friends” character appeared in some 150 episodes throughout all 10 seasons of the beloved Nineties sitcom, sarcastically managing Central Perk — the cafe the place the opposite characters frolicked — and pining after Rachel, performed by Jennifer Aniston.

“Michael loved live music, cheering on his Clemson Tigers and would often find himself in fun and unplanned adventures. If you met him once, you made a friend for life,” Benson stated.

Tyler appeared in a variety of different roles in sequence resembling “Scrubs,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “Modern Music.”

Warner Bros TV tweeted that it was mourning the lack of “a beloved actor and integral part of our FRIENDS family. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues and fans.”

Tyler introduced on NBC’s “Today” present in June that he had been identified with superior prostate most cancers in September 2018, which had unfold to his bones. The most cancers was found throughout a routine bodily.