โThe world knew him as Gunther (the seventh โGood friendโ), from the hit collection Buddies, however Michaelโs family members knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband,โ Bensonโs assertion learn.
Tyler handed away at his Los Angeles house Sunday after a battle with
prostate cancer, which was first recognized in 2018, in keeping with Benson.
โMichael liked stay music, cheering on his Clemson Tigers, and would usually discover himself in enjoyable and unplanned adventures. If you happen to met him when you made a buddy for all times,โ the assertion learn.
The actor was finest identified for taking part in Gunther, the supervisor of the
Central Perk coffee shop, and Rachelโs admirer on the enduring 90s TV present for 10 seasons, however he was in quite a few different titles together with โScrubs,โ โTrendy Music,โ and โSabrina the Teenage Witch.โ
โBuddiesโ co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane advised CNN in an announcement that Tyler was a โgenuinely form, candy man.โ
โWhen he began as an additional on โBuddies,โ his distinctive spirit caught our eye and we knew we needed to make him a personality,โ the assertion learn. โHe made Guntherโs unrequited love extremely relatable. Our coronary heart goes out to his spouse, Jennifer Carno.โ
Tyler
first revealed he was battling Stage 4 prostate most cancers in June, when he spoke to the NBCโs At this time Present and stated medical doctors found his most cancers throughout a routine bodily when he was 56.
The most cancers had unfold to his bones, he stated, leaving him unable to stroll. He was handled with hormone remedy.
Prostate most cancers is among the commonest varieties of most cancers and the second-biggest explanation for most cancers dying for males in the US, in keeping with the
Mayo Clinic. Whereas some varieties of prostate most cancers develop slowly and may have minimal and even no remedy, others are aggressive and might unfold shortly.
โWarner Bros. Tv mourns the lack of James Michael Tyler, a beloved actor and integral a part of our FRIENDS household,โ the โBuddiesโ Twitter account
tweeted. โOur ideas are along with his household, mates, colleagues and followers.โ