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"Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried was an American stand-up comedian and actor"

Woah what the

"(February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022)"

Only 67, at the height of the pandemic, hmmm.

"from recurrent ventricular tachycardia, complicated by type II myotonic dystrophy, which he had privately had for many years"

I see, ok.

'the epitaph on his gravestone reading, "Too Soon" '

Brilliant. Well played.

(He made 9/11 jokes three weeks after 9/11)

I don't have any real parasocial relation to him, he was a guy I was aware existed and had a unique style and popped up in sketches and scenes here and there. I just saw the clip from "A Million Ways to Die in the West", where he played a hilarious Abraham Lincoln hallucination and/or memory. It was just a bit of jolt to find out that it was one of his ... uh, 18 last movies, wow, this guy was not short on gigs. Also AMWtDitW is older than I thought. I haven't seen it, but I've laughed out loud at several clips I saw, so I will. I only heard about the movie this week.