‘Full House’ Star Bob Saget Dead At 65

TMZ is reporting that comedian and actor Bob Saget, a television fixture on sitcom Full House and in the early seasons as host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, was found dead in his room in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Orlando, Florida on January 9. He was 65.

According to TMZ, the sheriff’s department and the fire department responded to the hotel around 4 p.m. after hotel security had found Saget unresponsive in his room. The circumstances of his death are unclear.

One night earlier, Saget was in Jacksonville doing a show at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall as part of his standup tour.

Born May 17, 1956 in Philadelphia, Saget was cast as family head Danny Tanner on ABC’s kids-themed Full House after a short stint on CBS’ The Morning Program in 1987. The series, which was rebooted by Netflix as Fuller House in 2016 (with Saget appearing on an occasional basis), aired on ABC from 1987 to 1995 and was the precursor to the network’s “T.G.I.F.” comedy brand.

While starring in Full House, Saget moonlighted as host of America’s Fuunniest Home Videos (AFV), which began as a one-hour special in 1989, and debuted as a regularly scheduled Sunday night series on January 14, 1990. Saget remained host of the still-running comical videos showcase through the spring of 1997.

In 2009, he returned to AFV for the 20th-anniversary one-hour special as co-host with Tom Bergeron.

Off camera, and on a more serious topic, Saget directed the 1996 ABC TV movie For Hope, which was inspired by the life story of his sister, Gay Saget, who died from scleroderma three years earlier.

In 1998, he directed his first feature film, Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald and Artie Lang.

Back on camera, Saget attempted a new network sitcom, Raising Dad on The WB, which co-starred Kat Dennings, Brie Larson and Jerry Adler and lasted only one season (from 2001-02). He was also the host of NBC’s game show 1 vs. 100 from 2006 to 2008.

Saget, additionally, had a recurring role in four episodes of the HBO series Entourage playing a parody of himself. He would later appear in the 2015 feature film based on the series.

More recently, in 2020, he launched a podcast titled Bob Saget’s Here For You. He also competed in season four of Fox’s The Masked Singer as “Squiggly Monster.”