Gilbert Gottfried: How Did He Die?

Gilbert Gottfried, a comedian, film and television actor with distinctly memorable voice, has died after a long illness, his family announced on Tuesday. He was 67.

Gottfried’s representative, Glenn Schwartz, has since shared that the actor succumbed to a heart abnormality called recurrent ventricular tachycardia, an arrhythmia caused by myotonic dystrophy Type 2.

About Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried was an American stand-up comedian and actor. His persona as a comedian featured an exaggerated shrill voice and emphasis on crude humour.

His numerous roles in film and television include voicing the parrot Iago in the Aladdin animated films and series, Digit LeBoid in Cyberchase, Kraang Subprime in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the Aflac Duck.

He appeared in the critically planned but commercially successful Problem Child in 1990.