Saget is survived by his wife Kelly Rizzo children Aubrey Saget, Jennifer Belle Saget and Lara Melanie Saget and ex-wife Sherri Kramer. 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. (Charles Sykes / Invision/Associated Press) Just days after his death, Bob Saget got one more chance to speak out for a cause that was a driving force in his life. He also shared stories about the 60th birthday bash John Stamos threw for him and his friendship with Tom Hanks.Loved tonight’s show in Jacksonville. Bob Saget, shown at a June 2021 premiere, raised millions for the Scleroderma Research Foundation after his sister Gay died of the disease. Other topics that were covered included Saget’s deep love for friends and family and, sadly, his dreams and future goals for his film career.
Two more parts of the three-part conversation between host Radio Rahim and Saget can be found on Luminary, a subscription-based podcast. The autopsy found he had blunt head trauma from an accidental blow to the back of his head, likely from a fall, and he died from the resulting injuries in his sleep. 9 at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, where he was staying during his comedy tour.
In 1996, Saget directed TV movie For Hope telling about Gay’s battle with the disease. Unfortunately, she passed away from scleroderma being 47 years old. We don’t know if she was married, but she gave birth to son Adam. Saget - the famed TV dad and host of America's Funniest Home Videos - died on Jan. Date of death: Ap(47 years) Zodiac sign: Capricorn Gay was a schoolteacher. "I've done over 30 years of benefits and we've raised over $50 million for the Scleroderma Research Foundation," he said proudly. When Gay died from scleroderma, Saget was already a star and channeled his efforts into fundraisers for research on the disease. It eventually led to his career in front of the camera and on the comedy stage. He made friends by putting them in his movies.
He said all the heartbreak at home led him to pick up an 8-millimeter camera when he was 9 and he started making movies as his outlet. "Every time they finally started to try to regroup, something else terrible happened." "There's so much pain, and my parents couldn't deal with it," Saget said. And then I lost both my sisters," referring to Gay Saget, who died from the autoimmune and vascular disease scleroderma at age 47, and Andrea Saget, who died of a brain aneurysm when she was 32. Saget said the deaths in his family started when he was 7 "and then every two years somebody died." He recalled a cousin dying at 23 after giving birth to a child. "His ending was something like, 'I'll see you in 30 years, Joe.' And it's good to close with something sweet that makes people feel the love." "I just moved around, like you do for people, especially when they're grieving," he said. He said he helped his dad write a eulogy - "we did it together" - and it was the "best speech." They died at like 40, 37 - really weird heart attacks, so I have a heart doctor as my. You're 85 and I'm not putting you through this anymore.' And his brother passed away, and he lived to about 78, which was longer than any of the other. "I said, 'It's going to be the shortest funeral of your life, Dad. "I helped him write the speech at 3:30 ," he recalled. He recalled helping his 85-year-old father write yet another eulogy for a sibling - and said it changed his perception of mortality. He buried four brothers and a sister in his life. "We had so many deaths growing up that my dad would just, instill in me," he said. Saget said growing up, he suffered a lot of loss - and his humor came from that in a way.
He was 31 when he landed his role as Danny Tanner in Full House. I was so depressed" because he wished his career took off. He said he loved turning 30 "because I didn't want to live in my 20s. Talking about his milestone age, Saget said he knew a lot of people who got afraid of turning 30.