with the best of them. not afraid to push boundaries, his sharp act sometimes got him in trouble but friend remember a sweet and sensitive guy who was surprisingly shy. his long time friend and publicist announcing his death after a long battle with a form of heart failure. godfried leaves behind a wife and two school aged children. his family tweeting heartbreak, along with this reminder, although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in gilbert s honor. you re not here. i m imagining you. you re a figment of my imagination. reporter: gilbert godfried gone too soon at 67. that was nbc s kristen dahlgren with that report. coming up, we ll turn back to our coverage of the war in ukraine. we ll take you inside a kindergarten destroyed by russian soldiers just outside of kyiv. that s next when morning joe returns. kyiv that s next when morning joe turerns. [music: “you can get it if you really want” by jimmy cliff]