The actor’s parents, Benjamin and Rosalyn “Dolly,” dealt with their fair share of heartbreaking tragedies, too. “And then years later, Gay lost her life at the age of forty-seven to the disease scleroderma.” Saget wrote about his family, seen here in 2002, in his 2014 memoir. “Andi (short for Andrea) died at age thirty-four of a brain aneurysm,” he wrote. Saget’s two sisters, Andi and Gay, also died young. “All these men were my childhood heroes,” the “Full House” alum wrote. Saget lost three of his uncles to heart attacks when he was only 8, 9 and 15. “I’ve always had a fascination with death, being surrounded by so much of it growing up,” he wrote in his 2014 memoir, “ Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian.” The beloved comedian, who was found dead in his Florida hotel room Sunday, experienced a tremendous amount of loss during his 65 years on Earth.
Saget is survived by his wife Kelly Rizzo children Aubrey Saget, Jennifer Belle Saget and Lara Melanie Saget and ex-wife Sherri Kramer.Bob Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, stands by autopsy report amid claim he felt illīob Saget’s sense of humor and outlook on life was shaped by his dark family history. His sister, Gay Saget, was diagnosed with scleroderma and died in 1993, Variety reported. Saget was also a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation and raised money to help fight the autoimmune disease. Saget also hosted “America’s Funniest Home Videos” from 1989 untl 1997, and narrated CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother” throughout its nine-season run that ended in 2014, the entertainment news outlet reported. The fan-favorite also spawned the Netflix sequel series, “Fuller House,” which ran for five seasons and saw Saget reprise his role as Danny Tanner in 10 of the program’s 75 episodes between 20, Variety reported. “Full House” ran for eight seasons and 192 episodes from 1987 to 1994, reaching more than 17 million viewers during its peak in Season 5. Despite his “squeaky-clean image” on “Full House” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” Saget’s “raunchy, profanity-laden stand-up routines” catered to more adult audiences, the newspaper reported. TMZ was the first to report Saget’s death.Īccording to The New York Times, Saget was born in Philadelphia, and graduated from Temple University in 1978, before building his following in comedy clubs. In a Sunday morning tweet, Saget thanked the “appreciative” audience: According to his most recent post on Twitter, Saget performed Saturday night at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall near Jacksonville, Florida.
Saget launched a nationwide stand-up tour in September 2021 that was slated to run through June, Variety reported. The cause and manner of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner’s Office, according to the statement. “We have no information on cause of death, and detectives have found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case,” the office stated. The unresponsive victim, identified later as Robert Lane Saget, was pronounced dead on the scene. In a statement issued by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in Florida confirmed that deputies responded to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando for a “man down” call. #BobSaget /aB1UKiOlmi- Orange County Sheriff's Office January 10, 2022 Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case. The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive man in a hotel room.