Tuesday, July 7, 2026

RIP Gilbert Gottfried, Brilliant Comic Whether He Was Quacking or Telling Dirty Jokes

Share

★ Make Showbiz411 your Preferred Source on Google

I’m a little late posting about Gilbert Gottfried’s death from a long term heart condition.

He was 67, the same age as his close friend Bob Saget, which is not a great coincidence. Also, the two of them told the dirtiest joke ever, “The Aristrocrats.” They are probably telling it now in heaven to Don Rickles.

I didn’t know Gilbert well, but I admired him because he was so hilarious in public and soft spoken in real life. He was absolutely lovely even when he was quacking for Aflac.

Condolences to his family. He was too young to die, and will be sorely missed. He would have made a great old comic.

WARNING IF YOU CAN TAKE IT HERE IS THE ARISTOCRATS JOKE

Donate to Showbiz411.com

Showbiz411 is now in its 13th year of providing breaking and exclusive entertainment news. This is an independent site, unlike the many Hollywood trades that are owned by one company. To continue providing news that takes a fresh look at what's going on in movies, music, theater, etc, advertising is our basis. Reader donations would be greatly appreciated, too. They are just another facet of keeping fact based journalism alive.
Thank you


Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

Read more

In Other News