The actor James Michael Tyler, known for his role as Gunther on ‘Friends’ has died of prostate cancer. James was 59 years old and had been living with the disease since September 2018, when he was diagnosed.
The director and producer of the famous series, Kevin Bright, has been the one who has transferred the sad news. On his Twitter profile he had some loving words for the actor: “He was an amazing person who spent his last days helping others. “
The cancer suffered by the actor had spread in recent months to more parts of his body, as he himself told in an interview on NBC. Then he explained that he was going through a complicated stage of his disease, which already affected his bones and his spine. Since then, her lower body had been paralyzed and required a wheelchair to get around.
In that same interview he explained why did he not appear personally at reunion of ‘Friends’ that brought together many of its protagonists. “I was really happy to be included in the reunion, but I was the one who decided not to physically do it and make an appearance on Zoom, basically because I didn’t want it to be a disappointment, you know … I didn’t want it to be like, ‘ oh, and by the way, Gunther has cancer, ‘”he said.
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