The City's Backyard

The City Backyard S2 Ep12:Actor/ TV host/ Comedian Bob Saget Passes Away...here’s an interview with him!

January 09, 2022 Matt
The City's Backyard
The City Backyard S2 Ep12:Actor/ TV host/ Comedian Bob Saget Passes Away...here’s an interview with him!
Show Notes

RIP Bob Saget....here is an interview with him when he was coming to the suburbs of NYC before one of his stand up comedy shows when he was on tour years ago.

Bob Saget was an American stand-up comedian, actor, television host and director. His television roles included Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House. He hosted America's Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997!
Saget was a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation. His scleroderma efforts benefited such celebrities as Scary Movie star Regina Hall.  In an interview with Ability Magazine, Saget discussed how his sister was diagnosed with scleroderma at 43 and died at 47. She had previously been misdiagnosed numerous times.

On January 9, 2022, Saget, who was staying at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes in Orange County, Florida, was found unresponsive in his room by the hotel staff around 4 p.m.  He was pronounced dead upon arrival of emergency responders. No cause of death was immediately available, but there was no foul play or drug use detected at the scene.He had performed a stand-up set in Jacksonville the previous evening.

Full House co-star John Stamos released a statement upon his death, writing that he was "broken" and "gutted"