Disney Comedian Gilbert Gottfried Passes Away At 67
Gilbert Gottfried, stand-up comic best known for voicing the sarcastic parrot in the animated Disney film Aladdin, passed away earlier this week at age 67. The news was shared by his family on April 12, 2022.
Gilbert
Gottfried,
stand-up
comic
best
known
for
voicing
the
sarcastic
parrot
in
the
animated
Disney
film
Aladdin,
passed
away
earlier
this
week
at
age
67.
The
news
was
shared
by
his
family
on
April
12,
2022.
According
to
reports,
Gottfried,
a
former
cast
member
on
NBC's
Saturday
Night
Live,
suffered
from
an
unspecified
illness.
The
family
released
a
statement
saying,
"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."
Many
actors
took
to
social
media
to
share
tribute
for
the
late
star.
Seth
MacFarlane,
creator
of
the
animated
series
Family
Guy,
said
Gottfried's
outrageous
send-up
of
Abraham
Lincoln's
Gettysburg
address
in
that
movie
made
him
laugh
so
hard
on
set
that
"I
could
barely
do
my
job." MacFarlane
added
in
his
Tweet,
"A
wholly
original
comic,
and
an
equally
kind
and
humble
guy
behind
the
scenes.
He
will
be
missed."
Jason
Alexander,
who
played
George
on
the
television
comedy
Seinfeld,
wrote
in
his
tribute,
"Gilbert
Gottfried
made
me
laugh
at
times
when
laughter
did
not
come
easily.
What
a
gift."
Notably,
Gottfried
was
considered
a
pinnacle
for
American
comic
actors
soon
after
he
joined
the
cast
of
Saturday
Night
Live
in
1980.
He
was
also
known
for
edgy
comedy
and
pushing
boundaries
with
jokes
about
the
September
11
attacks
and
the
Japanese
tsunami.
Two
weeks
after
the
attacks
on
New
York
and
Washington
in
2001,
Gottfried
used
it
in
his
set,
saying
he
could
not
book
a
direct
flight
from
New
York
to
California,
and
added,
"They
said
they
have
to
stop
at
the
Empire
State
Building
first." Later
in
a
TV
interview,
Gottfried
said,
"That's
the
way
my
mind
works.
I
wanted
to
basically
address
the
elephant
in
the
room."