{"id":107831,"date":"2021-10-24T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T23:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107831"},"modified":"2021-10-24T18:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T23:44:13","slug":"friends-actor-james-michael-tyler-dead-at-59-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107831","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFriends\u201d Actor James Michael Tyler Dead at 59 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107831\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107831\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-107832 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GuntherTease1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GuntherTease1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GuntherTease1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GuntherTease1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GuntherTease1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Michael Tyler, best known for his role as Gunther on the hit television series FRIENDS (1994-2004) passed away October 24, 2021, after battling stage 4 prostate cancer. He was 59 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler\u2019s \u201cGunther\u201d, the manager of \u201cCentral Perk\u201d was a recurring character on FRIENDS, often found himself involved in the everyday events of the six friends\u2019 lives. Tyler appeared in 148 episodes and all ten seasons of the series and went on to become a fan-favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler\u2019s additional film and TV credits include THE ROOMATE (1992), MOTEL BLUE (1997), JUST SHOOT ME (1997-2003), SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH (1996-2003), SCRUBS (2001-2010), NOBODY\u2019S WATCHING (2006), LIVE WITH IT (2008), EPISODES (2011-2017), MODERN MUSIC (2013-), and THE GESTURE AND THE WORLD (2020). Tyler also participated in the highly-anticipated FRIENDS reunion special, THE ONE WHERE THEY GET BACK TOGETHER earlier this year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to James Michael Tyler\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel James Michael Tyler, best known for his role as Gunther on the hit television series FRIENDS (1994-2004) passed away October 24, 2021, after battling stage 4 prostate cancer. He was 59 years old. Tyler\u2019s \u201cGunther\u201d, the manager of \u201cCentral Perk\u201d was a recurring character on FRIENDS, often found himself involved in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[27679],"class_list":["post-107831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-friends-actor-james-michael-tyler-dead-at-59-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107831"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}