James Michael Tyler, a veteran actor best known for playing perhaps the most popular recurring character on Friends, has passed away after a brave battle with prostate cancer.

He was 59 years old.

Tyler, who portrayed Central Perk barista Gunther on the hit sitcom, revealed his diagnosis for the first time in mid-June, approximately three years after his treatment got underway in 2018.

“I’ve been dealing with that diagnosis for almost the past three years. … It’s stage 4 [now], late-stage cancer.

“So eventually, you know, it’s gonna probably get me,” Tyler said on Today this summer, adding at the time that he was undergoing chemotherapy

The star notably starred opposite Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa…



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