James Michael Tyler, actor who played Gunther on "Friends," dies at age 59 from prostate cancer
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Actor James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on the sitcom "Friends," died Sunday morning from prostate cancer at his home in Los Angeles, Tyler's manager confirmed to CBS News. He was 59.
Tyler spoke publicly about his cancer diagnosis over the summer. "I've been dealing with that diagnosis for almost the past three years," he said on the "Today" show. "It's stage 4. Late-stage cancer. So eventually, you know, it's gonna probably get me."
Tyler is survived by his wife, Jennifer Carno.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.