It is shared by his family through Gottfried’s Twitter account. The comedian turned 67 years old.
– We are devastated to share that our dear Gilbert Gottfried has passed away after a long period of illness. In addition to being an iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two children, it says in the Twitter message.
Gilbert Gottfried is best known as the voice actor. In 1992, he had the voice of the character Jago, Jafar’s parrot, in the animated film Aladdin. He has also voiced for major commercial companies such as Nickelodeon and well-known animated series such as “The Fairly Odd Parents”, “Justice League” and “Teenage Mutans Ninja Turtles”.
He entered the stage floor as a comedian on Saturday Night Live in 1980.
Gottfried also had his own podcast called “Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast”, and was known for his slow and uncompromising humor.
It is not yet known what disease Gottfried died of.
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