Tyler was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in September 2018, according to a statement from his manager, Toni Benson.
Tyler shared his story to encourage others to get screened for prostate cancer as early as 40.
Tyler was not a main character, he was widely considered to be “the seventh friend” and appeared in 150 episodes, according to IMDB.com.
He played the part of Gunther, a barista at Central Perk, the friends’ hangout, who had a deep crush on Ms.
Aniston’s character, Rachel, who also worked at the coffee shop.
While working as an actual barista at a real-life coffee shop, he was asked if he would be interested in being an extra on “Friends.” For the first season, his character was known as “Coffee Guy.”.
Tyler revealed publicly in June that he had prostate cancer.