Gilbert Gottfried Gets Last Laugh On Hitler, Even In Death
Even in death, comedy icon Gilbert Gottfried is getting the last laugh.
Magician Penn Jillette, a longtime friend, shared a joke Gottfried liked to make on April 20, the birthday of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler:
Every year on this date, Gilbert sent out the same tweet. Let’s pass it around.
"Dear Hitler happy birthday you’re dead and the Jews run the world haha” pic.twitter.com/Es6NpvvKKn— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) April 20, 2022
Gottfried, who died last week at the age of 67, made some version of the joke most years for more than a decade, and often used Hitler as a fodder in his act and online:
New Jersey couple named their child Adolf Hitler. I don't care, but it upset my daughter Mussolini.
— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) October 27, 2011
Me as Hitler. The role I was born to play. @HistoricalRoast@netflix@realjeffreyross@RachelFeinstein@MindyRickles@Fred_Willardpic.twitter.com/8Xi9nUDpc4
— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) April 20, 2020
This is true. A documentary on The Military Channel said "Hitler did not like dirty jokes." I knew there was a reason I didn't like Hitler.
— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) February 22, 2012
Gottfried’s family used his Twitter page to ask fans wishing to remember him to make donations that will help fund research on myotonic dystrophy type two, the condition that ultimately claimed his life:
In Honor/Memory of Gilbert Gottfried who passed "Too Soon" of Myotonic Dystrophy Type Two:
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the research of this debilitating disease. Donate here: https://t.co/IvS8eAxNiJ
Thank you so much,
Dara, Lily and Max Gottfried pic.twitter.com/4iE2vrMaz1— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) April 20, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.