Watch The Late Gilbert Gottfried Crack Jokes Hours Before He Was Rushed To The Hospital
perezhilton.comGilbert Gottfried was making people laugh until the very end. In a clip posted to the beloved comedian’s official Twitter account, the Aladdin star — who died at age 67 last month — can be seen making jokes while recording what would be one of the final episodes of his podcast — just hours before he was hospitalized for the final time. Related: Rap Pioneer Kidd Creole Sentenced For Gay Panic Stabbing Death The video’s caption read: Watch the bittersweet footage (below): Talk about poignant.
The man truly loved what he did! As we reported, Gottfried’s family confirmed his death in a statement posted on Twitter April 12, writing: The actor’s longtime friend and publicist, Glenn Schwartz, later revealed Gottfried died from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to type II myotonic dystrophy, a kind of muscular dystrophy.
The disease has no cure or treatment and typically appears when people are in their 20s and 30s. Elizabeth McNally, the director of the Northwestern University Center for Genetic Medicine, told NBC News the “slowly progressive” disease is often overlooked and undiagnosed, sharing: She said symptoms, which include breathing or heart muscle weakness, tend to develop more as people age, so some patients might not be diagnosed until their 40s, 50s or 60s, or they may dismiss their symptoms as other age-related health issues.
Days after his death, Gilbert was laid to rest in a star-studded funeral attended by Jeff Ross, Colin Quinn, Susie Essman, Mario Cantone, Dave Attell, and Paul Shaffer, as well as Bob Saget‘s family.
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