The actor James Michael Tyler is dead. The American was only 59 years old. He had played a cult figure in the hit sitcom “Friends”.
Los Angeles – The American actor James Michael Tyler is dead. He died at the age of only 59 on Sunday (October 24th, 2021, local time) in his home in Los Angeles, as his manager Toni Benson announced. Tyler was best known as a cult figure from the hit sitcom “Friends”.
According to US media reports, James Michael Tyler succumbed to prostate cancer after several years of illness. He had made it public to the US broadcaster NBC in June. Prostate cancer was diagnosed as early as September 2018, Tyler said at the time, when the cancer had also spread to his bones. “I’ve had to deal with this diagnosis for almost three years. It is now in its final stages. It’ll probably get me at some point, ”Tyler had said.
Mourning for “Friends” star James Michael Tyler: He was a cult figure in the hit sitcom
In addition to the series “Friends”, James Michael Tyler also played in the series “Scrubs – The Beginners” and “Sabrina – Totally Verhext!” In the successful series “Friends”, which is about the life of a group of young friends in New York, the actor from the USA * embodied the waiter Gunther – a cult figure.
In addition, after the six main actors, the waiter Gunther is the character with the most appearances in the series. James Michael Tyler played in almost 150 of the 236 episodes of the hit sitcom. “The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh boyfriend) … but Michael’s family knew him as an actor, musician, cancer awareness ambassador and loving husband,” said Tyler’s manager Toni Benson.
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The leading actors in the hit series from the 1990s also reminded of James Michael Tyler. “’Friends’ would not have been the same without you. Thanks for the laughs that you brought to the show and our lives. We will miss you so much, ”wrote Jennifer Aniston on Instagram, for example, when she shared a short clip from the series finale, in which Tyler and Aniston appeared together for the last time.
Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow also publicly said goodbye to Tyler. “Thank you for being there for all of us,” wrote Lisa Kudrow – referring to the title track of the series “I’ll Be There For You”. Warner Bros. Television studio, which produced the series, said on Twitter, “Warner Bros. Television is in mourning for James Michael Tyler, a beloved actor and an important part of our Friends family. Our thoughts go with his family, friends, colleagues and fans. “
In the spring there had been a “Friends” special, in which James Michael Tyler took part briefly via video switch. He didn’t spoil the mood, but still wanted to be there, as he said. (jtr / dpa) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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