Bob Saget
Bob Saget was America's favorite TV dad, a squeaky-clean sitcom icon who moonlighted as a shockingly filthy stand-up comedian, and whose sudden death in January 2022 left the world stunned.
Bob Saget built one of the most paradoxical careers in American entertainment. To millions of 1990s kids, he was Danny Tanner, the wholesome, hug-dispensing widowed dad on ABC’s Full House (1987–1995). Simultaneously, he hosted America’s Funniest Home Videos (1989–1997), making him one of the most recognizable faces on television. Off-camera, he was a completely different animal: a foul-mouthed, self-deprecating stand-up comedian whose adult material was about as far from Danny Tanner as humanly possible.
Saget was born on May 17, 1956, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied film at Temple University and later the University of Southern California. He worked the stand-up circuit for years before Full House catapulted him to household-name status. He also notably narrated all nine seasons of CBS’s How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014) as the voice of “Future Ted.”
He is heavily searched online for two reasons: nostalgia for his sitcom legacy, and the shocking circumstances of his death. On January 9, 2022, Saget was found unresponsive in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 65. The medical examiner later determined he died from blunt head trauma, ruling the manner of death accidental.
The outpouring of grief from fellow comedians and the Full House cast was immediate and overwhelming. John Stamos, Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were among those who issued heartfelt public statements. His death sparked widespread conversation about the dangers of underestimating head injuries.