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Full House star Bob Saget has passed away at age 65.
TMZ reports that Saget passed away on Jan 9, at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida. The emergency services responded to a call from Ritz-Carlton hotel services upon discovering the body of the famed comedic actor. TMZ reports he was pronounced dead on the scene, but the cause of death is currently unknown.
Saget had been touring since September 2021, and was intended to go through to May this year. Saget had performed in Jacksonville on the night before his death.
Bob Saget had played the father of the house in the ABC comedy Full House from 1987 to 1995, starring alongside heavyweights such as John Stamos, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Dave Coulier, and more. Saget had a strong career doing adult stand-up comedy in the years after Full House‘s ending, and also starred in the sequel series Fuller House from 2016 onwards.
Saget also voiced a future version of Ted Mosby in How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014.
Saget leaves behind three children, his wife Kelly Rizzo, and an outstanding legacy as both a comedic actor and a stand-up comedian who specialized in observational comedy and satire.
RIP
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