The late Gilbert Gottfried, who was the original voice of Aflac’s Duck mascot, was fired in 2011 by the insurance company, and fans have since been curious about why it happened. Before his firing, ...

One of Gilbert Gottfried‘s signatures, in addition to a voice that makes nails on a chalkboard sound like Mozart, is his propensity to say the wrong things at the wrong time. If there’s ever an ...

Winning! Gilbert Gottfried is currently walking the Charlie Sheen path toward success -- he just got fired from his TV gig. No longer will Gottfried power the grating voice of the Aflac duck, and ...

Now here’s a job that’s absolutely ducky. Wednesday, Columbus, Ga.-based Aflac Inc. will begin the search for the new voice of its iconic duck. The job became available when, following the tsunami in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Comedian Gilbert Gottfried apologized on Tuesday for a series of jokes made on Twitter about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, comments which got him fired as the voice of ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- Aflac Inc. said Monday it has fired Gilbert Gottfried, the abrasive voice of the insurer's quacking duck in the U.S., after the comedian posted a string of mocking jokes about ...

Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 - April 12, 2022) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Gottfried's persona as a comedian features an exaggerated shrill voice and emphasis on crude ...