Gould died on 29 September 2009 from complications related to congestive heart failure. A succession feud for control of his independent wing of Neturei Karta erupted between his heir apparent, R' Avraham Tzvi Rothenberg, author of L'reyacha Kamocha, and Sephardi Neturei Karta scholar Chocham Neftali Maimon.
