Gilbert Gottfried, iconic comedian, dies at 67 after long illness

[Submariner]

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/gilbert-gottfried-iconic-comedian-dies-67-long-illness-rcna24111

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died at age 67, according to his family.

"We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness," his family wrote in a statement shared to his Twitter account.

The family described him as "the most iconic voice in comedy" as well as a "wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children."

[Ohio Joe]

1. RIP

[Beetwasher.]

2. Oh Fuck, This Really Sucks, He and His Wife are Old Friends of Mine

They have two teenage kids a girl and a boy. Shit.

[MuseRider]

35. Condolences to you too.

It always hurts to lose friends. I am sorry for your loss, sorry for his family and close friends and sorry for ours as well. He was one of a kind and funny as hell.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. RIP

I still can hear the Sydney Bernstein character from Beverly Hills Cop II.
His delivery put some people off, but not me. I thought he was hilarious!

[Caliman73]

10. Yeah me too.

He was an acquired taste but I acquired it. My favorite was his impression of Mickey Mouse on Acid.

[SergeStorms]

30. He grew on you.

Well, not specifically you, but everyone. When I first heard him I couldn't stand him, but after a few thousand exposures I started to warm to him. He was a funny, funny guy. He'll be missed, but he's always just a YouTube video away.

[Wednesdays]

27. Iago

[Auggie]

4. I'm a fan

Sad to see him go

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. May he rest in peace

[jcmaine72]

6. Oh man! Not him.

Bummer,

[blogslug]

7. Oh no

I always got the impression that off-stage, he was the sweetest guy. He was abrasively harmless with a voice of a 90-year old man. I loved him.

[Beetwasher.]

9. He Was Very Sweet and Shy Around People He Didn't Know

But if he knew you, there was no one funnier to be around. A tragic loss of a comedic genius.

[tenderfoot]

8. I used to love it when he'd rip on Andrew Dice Clay

[iscooterliberally]

11. Jared Kushner will never sound the same again.

RIP Gilbert Gottfried.

[NoRethugFriends]

12. Not for the faint of heart

[UTUSN]

13. Oh no. 67

[angrychair]

14. Just saw him

On Bumping Mics series on Netflix. He was soooo funny, if a little to much for some people. The world is a little less funny. So sad.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Heard this on my local CBS affiliate news radio station

He has been in so many "behind the scenes" things but I do remember him in "The Last Sharknado" on SyFy (there were a pile of "guest stars in that ).

What a loss, condolences to his family, and R.I.P.

[Rebl2]

16. Didn't

know he had a type of muscular dystrophy that comes on in adults. Must be kind of rare? Way to young at 67.

[Earth-shine]

17. I loved this guy!

Just one memory ...

an episode of Married with Children where the Bundys get stuck in a small lifeboat with Gilbert Godfried playing a parody of himself.

He drove 'em nuts.

[Sympthsical]

18. My childhood is taking some hits this year

As a major fan of comedy, oof. Norm MacDonald, Bob Saget, now Gottfried.

Of course, Iago was my first exposure to him, but as I grew older I appreciated the hell out of his off color comedy.

[ChazII]

19. Condolences to his friends and family. n/t

[msdogi]

20. a singular comedian

loved him in The Aristocrats

[GoCubsGo]

21. Rest in peace, Digit.

[Demovictory9]

22. Rip

[StarryNite]

23. R.I.P. Gilbert Gottfried

Gone way too soon from this earthly realm.

[FoxNewsSucks]

24. All the good people. . .

Why can't we be rid of some of the scumbags instead?????????

[OverBurn]

25. RIP. Loved him on some of the Comedy Central Roasts, among other things.

[bringthePaine]

26. one of a kind in every sense, bon voyage GG

[BeckyDem]

28. Nice funny guys are missed, very much so.

Link to tweet

[Liberal In Texas]

33. That's quite a photo.

You just look and think of how these guys are sadly missed and in Gilbert's case going to be missed.

RIP Mr. Gottfried - you were one of a kind.

[Historic NY]

29. Gilbert Gottfried, up all night

[TheBlackAdder]

31. Noccus Johnstein you will be missed! RIP!

Son of the Beach with Timothy Stack & Gilbert Gottfried as the heroic lifeguard of Tel Aviv Adjacent.




Chip's a Goy!

Season 2 Episode 7 was banned for many years because it made fun of Osama Bin Laden back in 2002.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5loz8f


Hamm Stroker's Suck My Blood (S3-E8) Whoever uploaded it did it in reverse image!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5m86mb

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[IA8IT]

32. They don't make them like that any more. RIP Wild Man.

[highplainsdem]

34. RIP