Tag: Gilbert Gottfried

Hours after Gilbert Gottfried’s family announced his death on Twitter, that account was temporarily hacked by someone outside the late comedian’s cast. While hacking, the account issued four tweets, some with their fair share of obscenities. But before long, Gottfried’s camp was able to take control of the account again, deleting the tweets in question, and returning it to its pre-hack state. During the hack, the account bio read that it was hacked by someone promoting their Instagram account, but according to Daily dotMichael Tallin, that Instagrammer has denied any…

The publicist for Gilbert Gottfried revealed the death of the comedian and actor on Tuesday from a rare genetic heart muscle disease. Glenn Schwartz confirmed the update to Entertainment Weekly After Gilbert Gottfried’s family announced his death from a long illness. Gottfried was 67 years old at the time of his death. ET cites Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center At the diagnosis, the comedian and actor reported death “from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to muscular dystrophy type II, described as genetic dystrophy affecting muscles and other systems, potentially resulting…