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Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was best known for his exaggerated shrill voice, strong New York dialect, his squint, and his edgy, often controversial sense of humor. His numerous roles in film and television included voicing Iago in the Walt Disney Company's Aladdin franchise until his death in 2022, Mister Mxyzptlk in Superman: The Animated Series and Ju…
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entertainment · American comedian (1955–2022) · stand-up comedian · actor · director · television producer · screenwriter · writer · impressionist · podcaster · voice actor · comedian · also Gilbert Gottfried, Gottfried
Born 28 February 1955 · Died 12 April 2022 · Q221464
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 16 entries
Appeared in the Somebody Feed Phil Season 6 episode "Croatia" in the "Joke for Max" segment on a video call with the show host Philip Rosenthal where he tells a few jokes in honor of Phil's late father Max
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Yahoo: Gilbert Gottfried Laid to Rest in Star-Studded, Joke-Filled Funeral: 'He Would Have Loved It'
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Ultimate Classic Rock: How Gilbert Gottfried Thrived During ‘SNL”s Worst Season
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Page Six: Gilbert Gottfried’s Twitter allegedly hacked hours after death announcement
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People: Gilbert Gottfried's Last Instagram Post Was in Support of Chris Rock After Will Smith's Slap
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Entertainment Weekly: Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried dies at 67
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Yahoo: Gilbert Gottfried's selfie with Bob Saget, Louie Anderson goes viral after his death
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People: Gilbert Gottfried Remembered by Amy Schumer, Jason Alexander and More: 'Always Friendly'
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New York Post: Gilbert Gottfried dead, celebs mourn death of comedian: ‘What a gift’
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Gilbert Gottfried died from the COVID-19 vaccine.” False.
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Died 2022-04-12.
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Guest-starred as God in the penultimate episode of Smiling Friends Season 1
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Mister Mxyzptlk in Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Action, Digit LeBoid in PBS Kids' Cyberchase until his death, Kraang Subprime in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the Aflac duck mascot before he was r
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The Jewish Journal named him one of "The Top 10 Jewish Reality TV Stars of All Time
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With re-uploads of older episodes continuing afterwards in his honor
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Reported net worth: $8M (as of 2022).
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2019· 1 entry
Gottfried appeared as a guest in episode 170 of the Angry Video Game Nerd
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2018· 2 entries
In the show's last episode of the year to read out extracts from the Brexit agreement, again for UK viewers only
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Gottfried appeared in a special segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver where, for UK viewers only, a segment about the UK's law restricting broadcast of debates from the Houses of Parliament was replaced by 5 minu
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2017· 1 entry
Appeared as himself in Episodes, where a contestant on a fictional TV endurance game show is penalized with "48 hours of Gilbert Gottfried"
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2016· 1 entry
Played the "Pig Man" in a comedy / fantasy film titled Abnormal Attraction
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2015· 1 entry
The podcast featured shorter mini-episodes around half an hour in length on more specific topics like particular character actors, films, or songs
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2014· 1 entry
Sideshow Network premiered Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, an interview podcast where Gottfried and his co-host Frank Santopadre discussed classic films and talk to "Hollywood legends and behind-the-scenes
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2013· 1 entry
Became a member of "Team Rachael" in the second season of Food Network's Rachael vs
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2011· 3 entries
Gottfried tweeted 12 jokes about the earthquake disaster in Japan which had occurred three days before
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Gottfried appeared in the episode "Lost Traveller" on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Leo Gerber, a sarcastic computer professional working for the NYPD's Technical Assistance Response Unit, which producer Warren Le
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Gottfried published his only book Rubber Balls and Liquor
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2006· 2 entries
Gottfried topped the Boston Phoenix's tongue-in-cheek list of the world's 100 Unsexiest Men
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Made an appearance on the Let's Make a Deal portion of Gameshow Marathon (as a baby in a large high chair, he says "Hey Ricki, I think I need my diaper changed
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “Dirty Jokes”.
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2004· 1 entry
Comedy Central featured Gottfried's stand-up material for Shorties Watchin' Shorties
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1992· 2 entries
Gottfried suffered from appendicitis and was rushed to a hospital for emergency surgery
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In 1992, Gottfried suffered from appendicitis and was rushed to a hospital for emergency surgery.
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1991· 2 entries
“arrest for masturbating in an adult theater, saying if”
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At the 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards, Gottfried told a series of jokes in reference to Paul Reubens' arrest for masturbating in an adult theater, saying if "masturbation's a crime, I should be on death row
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1990· 1 entry
1991, and 1992, when he was cast as Igor Peabody in Problem Child and Problem Child 2 and Iago in Aladdin
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1980· 1 entry
When Saturday Night Live was being retooled with a new staff and new comedians, the producers noticed Gottfried and hired him as a cast member for its sixth season
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1955· 2 entries
The son of hardware store owner Max Gottfried and homemaker Lillian Zimmerman
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Born 1955-02-28.
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