Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died at 67
A post on his verified Twitter feed says he died following a long illness
Gottfried died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II
His friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz said in a statement that the cause was muscular dystrophy.
he was best known for his loud, annoying voice
Mr. Gottfried began doing stand-up around New York as a teenager
There was always a glint in his eye when Gottfried was just about to tell an edgy joke
He was widely criticized after joking about masturbation at the 1991 Emmy Awards
Gottfired was also an actor, including lending his unique voice to Disney's Aladdin
In “Highway to Hell,” a 1991 horror comedy, he played Hitler
In 2011 Mr. Gottfried published a well-received memoir, “Rubber Balls and Liquor