Gilbert Gottfried Dead at 67

@VideoMattPresents talks with the tribe about the news of legendary comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died at the age of 67.

Comedy legend Gilbert Gottfried has died.

In a statement from his family released Tuesday, they announced, "We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness. In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor."

Gilbert's rep, Glenn Schwartz, tells us he died from a heart abnormality called Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II.

Mechanisms of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Myotonic Dystrophyhttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.CIR.98.6.541

Though he had a bit part in the '80s hit "Beverly Hills Cop 2," Gottfried's celebrity rose in the 1990s. Throughout the decade, he employed his signature scream-speak in parts in animated films like "Aladdin," as the mouthy macaw Iago, as well as live-action comedies like "Problem Child," in which he played a scheming adoption agency employee.
In the 2000s and 2010s, Gottfried appeared in voice roles on series like "Family Guy" and as a contestant or "talking head" on reality series, including "Celebrity Wife Swap." (He swapped wives with the late Alan Thicke.)

In his stand-up comedy, though, Gottfried's style was filthy and delivered at a high decibel (perhaps you've heard him tell the famously blue "Aristocrats" joke). He also broached extremely sensitive topics head on, recalling in a 2012 opinion piece for CNN about a 9/11 joke he made during a roast of Hugh Hefner in Manhattan just days after the attacks (his audience didn't appreciate it). In the same piece, he defended tweets he posted about the 2011 tsunami in Japan as "silly" and "dumb," though those tweets later led Aflac, for whom he provided the voice of its mascot duck, to fire him.
"I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates," he wrote for CNN at the time.
Gottfried's envelope-pushing, blue material was right at home during several Comedy Central roasts of celebrities such as former President Donald Trump in 2011.

Even when audiences weren't seeing him on screen as often, he made his voice readily available. For nearly a decade, he'd interviewed comedy and entertainment figures on his podcast, "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast." A new episode was released earlier this month.

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"Those who loved and him were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder," Santopadre said in a statement provided via Gottfried's publicist. "He'll be dearly missed by family, friends, fans and comedylovers the world over. To quote Gilbert himself, 'Too soon!'"

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