James Michael Tyler died 'peacefully in his home' on Sunday, according to a statement from his longtime manager Toni Benson.
"I wanted to be a part of that, and initially I was going to be on the stage," Tyler explained."It was my decision not to be a part of that physically and make an appearance on Zoom, basically, because I didn't wanna bring a downer on it. I didn't want to be like, 'Oh, and by the way, Gunther has cancer.'"paid tribute Sunday, saying production company Warner Bros.
Tyler's doctors discovered his cancer during a routine physical, in which he took his first prostate specific antigen test. Though his early prognosis was "optimistic," Tyler said the cancer mutated during the pandemic, spreading to his bones and spine, resulting in his inability to walk. "It's Stage 4, late stage cancer, so eventually, it's gonna probably get me," Tyler told"Today." While he expressed regret for not getting tested sooner, Tyler became an advocate for early testing.
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