Comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s wife says she feels ‘nauseous’ from grief on one-year anniversary of his death
12.04.2023 - 20:09
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Gilbert Gottfried's widow Dara Gottfried shared a tribute to the comedian one year after his death. Dara reflected on the "Aladdin" actor's life and their marriage in a People magazine article. "Gilbert used to talk about the comedy and tragedy masks," she wrote.
"He'd say, ‘Comedy and tragedy are roommates. Wherever tragedy is, comedy is looking over his shoulder and sticking its tongue out at him.’ "I've thought about that a lot over the past year. Sometimes, I feel nauseous from the amount of grief, but we must keep living and laughing," she continued.
"Thank you, Gilbert, for giving us the gift of laughter and love." Gottfried and Dara met at a Grammy Awards party in 1997. "I don't know how to explain the uniqueness of our relationship," she explained. "I was young, outgoing and social; Gilbert was shy and introverted.
We were opposites, but like two pieces of a puzzle, we fit together perfectly. "For the next 10 years, we dated. He would come over my house every night to watch TV, since I actually paid for cable.
We were in love." Gottfried and Dara married in 2007 and had two children. "You know, The New York Times wrote an article about us once. In it, I said, 'I knew I'd never find anyone else like him.' And Gilbert replied, ‘Most people are hoping that they never find anyone like me,’" Dara recalled.
"Gilbert was wrong. I'm so lucky to have found him. We love and miss you, Gilbert." Gottfried died April 12, 2022, from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, his longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz told Fox News Digital at the time.