“James Michael Tyler will be dearly missed,” she continued ... said the actor started as an extra on the show and was given the role as Gunther because he could work a coffee machine.

This video is no longer available because of rights reasons. The US actor James Michael Tyler, who most famously starred as Gunther in Friends, has died aged 59. Tyler passed away peacefully at ...

The actor, who often stole scenes as the Central Perk coffee shop manager, detailed his cancer journey in June and urged others to be proactive about getting screened for the disease. “The world ...