Gilbert Gottfried's Family Releases Footage of His Final Joke, Taken Just Hours Before His Death
It was George M. Cohan , more than a century ago, who wrote the line, “Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye.” Last month, comedian Gilbert Gottfried put those words into action in a snippet of his final hours…
It was George M. Cohan, more than a century ago, who wrote the line, “Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye.”
Last month, comedian Gilbert Gottfried put those words into action in a snippet of his final hours that has just been shared on Twitter.
Gottfried died on April 12. A few hours earlier, he was recording an episode of his SiriusXM podcast “Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast,” joined by guest Brenda Vaccaro, according to Fox News.
“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 Gottfried’s account.
In the clip, Gottfried did his trademark impersonation of the late British actor James Mason, saying repeatedly, “I need a job.”
After the crew gave him a round of applause, Vaccaro said, “That is brilliant.”
Hours later, Gottfried would pass at 67 from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, publicist Glenn Schwartz has said.