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Final video of Gilbert Gottfried cracking jokes hours before being rushed to hospital released by family

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Gilbert Gottfried's family released the final video of the comedian shot hours before he was rushed to the hospital. In the hours before his death, the comedian had been filming an episode of his SiriusXM podcast "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast" with guest Brenda Vaccaro. "Last video of Gilbert’s last recording of ‘Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast.’ Doing his James Mason impression with guest Brenda Vaccaro.

A few hours later he would be rushed to the hospital," the family tweeted from his verified account. Gilbert Gottfried's family released video footage of the comedian's final hours before being rushed to the hospital on April 12.

The esteemed performer died just after 2:30 pm ET on April 12 from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, his longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz told Fox News Digital. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness.

In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children," the actor and comedian’s verified Twitter account shared on Tuesday in a statement.

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