Speaking to PEOPLE by email, SRF Executive Director Joanne Gold said though the organization's members were "shocked and heartbroken" by Saget's passing, "We can only hope that Bob has joined somewhere for a long-awaited celebration together. No one should have to suffer as Gay did, which is why I'm committed to finding a cure and a proud board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation." On Sunday, January 9th, the star of the hit '90s sitcom 'Full House' was pronounced dead at the scene of his Ritz-Carlton Hotel room in Orlando, Florida. My heart goes out to all who have lost a loved one to this disease. Veteran stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer, host, and author Bob Saget has died according to TMZ. She lost her life to scleroderma when she was 47. 9, Saget wrote, "Today would have been my sister Gay's 75th birthday. Death: (aged 47) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. In an Instagram post shared by the SRF early on Jan. Saget had an estimated net worth of 50 million at the time of his death, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Saget, who was already involved with the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) before his sister knew she had the disease, made it one of his "life's missions" to raise money and research for the foundation after Gay's passing. He was found dead in an Orlando, Florida hotel room Sunday, January 9, 2022, at age 65.
She had to move to Los Angeles to live with my parents because she needed so much help. Bob Saget became an advocate for people with scleroderma following his sister's death, serving on the Scleroderma Research Foundation Board for over two decades, per CNN.
She got treatment, but it was just treating her symptoms with drugs like prednisone and cortisone. She was 44 when she was diagnosed with systemic scleroderma. 9 would have been his older sister's 75th birthday, but the former school teacher from Philadelphia died in 1994 following her scleroderma diagnosis. My sister, Gay Saget, was a school teacher near Philadelphia. 9, Bob Saget paid tribute to one of the most important people in his life: his late sister, Gay.Īs it turns out, Jan. Hours before news of his death broke on Jan.