Bob Saget, TV dad and comic, discovered lifeless in Florida lodge room

Bob Saget, an actor and comic greatest generally known as the jovial dad on the tv sitcom “Full Home,” was discovered lifeless in a lodge room in Orlando, Florida, at age 65, authorities mentioned on Sunday (January 9).

The reason for Saget’s demise was unclear. Emergency responders discovered the actor unresponsive on Sunday afternoon in a room on the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando and pronounced him lifeless on the scene, the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.

Detectives discovered no indicators of foul play or drug use, the division mentioned.

Saget, 65, had simply began a comedy tour and carried out close to Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday night time. In his final Instagram submit, he mirrored on the “very nice viewers” and “numerous positivity.”

“I had no thought I did a two hour set tonight,” he wrote. “I’m again in comedy like I used to be after I was 26. I assume I’m discovering my new voice and loving each second of it.”

Saget performed widowed father Danny Tanner on “Full Home” from 1987 to 1995, and in addition on a sequel known as “Fuller Home” from 2016 to 2020. Within the present, Tanner shared his residence together with his three daughters, his brother-in-law and greatest good friend.

The actor additionally hosted “America’s Funniest Residence Movies” from 1989 to 1997.

In distinction to his healthful TV picture, Saget’s stand-up act delivered raunchier adult-oriented comedy. He additionally performed a parody of himself in a recurring position on the HBO sequence “Entourage.”

John Stamos, Saget’s co-star on “Full Home,” mentioned he was “damaged” and “gutted” by Saget’s demise.

“I’m in full and utter shock,” Stamos wrote on Twitter. “I’ll by no means ever have one other good friend like him. I like you a lot Bobby.”

Comic Jon Stewart known as Saget “simply the funniest and nicest” in a tweet on Sunday. “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander mentioned Saget “was sort and pricey and cared about folks deeply. He was the definition of ‘an excellent egg.’”

The native medical expert’s workplace will decide the reason for Saget’s demise, the sheriff’s division mentioned.