Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022)

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Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022) R.I.P.

Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022)

was an American actor and stand-up comedian.

His persona as a comedian featured an exaggerated shrill voice and emphasis on crude humor.

His numerous roles in film and television

 include voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's Aladdin animated films and series,

Digit LeBoid on PBS Kids's long-running Cyberchase,

and Kraang Subprime in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Gottfried was the voice of the Aflac Duck until 2011.

He appeared in the critically panned but commercially successful Problem Child in 1990.

Gottfried died from ventricular tachycardia,

complicated by type II myotonic dystrophy,

on April 12, 2022, at the age of 67. R.I.P.

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R.I.P.