Howie Mandel Recalls Talking to Gilbert Gottfried on His Way to the Hospital (Exclusive)
etonline.comHowie Mandel is recalling his final conversation with Gilbert Gottfried. While speaking with ET's Kevin Frazier, the 66-year-old TV personality revealed the last time he spoke with the late comedian, who died from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II earlier this month at age 67.«I think I was the last person to talk to him,» Mandel told ET. «I talked to him as he was going into the ambulance, going into the hospital the last time.
I miss him.»As for the kind of person Gottfried was, Mandel described him as «just the sweetest, most wonderful human being.»«He was an amazing father, an amazing brother, an amazing husband,» Mandel said. «You don't think of him [like that] because he is very acerbic — he was the king of too soon -- but he also defined what comedy is.
Comedy, which we are losing, is that ability to find humor in the darkest moment. Nobody could do that better than Gilbert.»Gottfried wasn't the first pal Mandel lost this year.
Prior to the actor's death, Mandel also mourned the passing of Bob Saget and Louie Anderson. The former died in January at age 65, and the latter died the same month at age 68.
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