Bob Saget’s family reveal his official cause of death

Bob Saget’s family have revealed his cause of death in a recent statement given to NBC News. In the statement, Saget’s family shared that found it necessary to announce the cause of his death themselves, explaining in the statement that “it is only proper that the fans hear conclusions directly from us”.

“The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep,” the statement read.

They went on to reveal that no mitigating factors were involved in his premature death.

“No drugs or alcohol were involved,” they wrote. At the time of Saget’s death, it was announced that there did not seem to be any alcohol or drug involvement.

The local examiner Joshua Stephany confirmed the family’s statement on Thursday, stating Saget’s death was “the result of blunt head trauma” that likely occurred due to an “unwitnessed fall”.

 

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“In consideration of the circumstances surrounding the death … it is my opinion that the death of Robert Saget, a 65-year-old white male found unresponsive in a hotel room, is the result of a blunt head trauma,” he confirmed.

“It is most probable that the decedent suffered an unwitnessed fall backwards and struck the posterior aspect of his head.”

Saget’s family asked fans to “remember the love and laughter that Bob brought to this world, and the lessons he taught us all: to be kind to everyone, to let the people know you love them, and to face difficult times with hugs and laughter.”

On January 9, 2022, Bob Saget, 65, was confirmed dead after being found in his Orlando hotel room. On the same night, Saget had been on a nationwide comedy tour set to end in June.

An icon to many, Saget was popularly known for his starring role as Danny Tanner in ABC’s ‘Full House’, as well as for his time as host of ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ and narrator of CBS’s ‘How I Met Your Mother’.

Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, has reportedly struggled deeply with the death of her husband. Rizzo has since taken to Instagram to post multiple photos and tributes to her late husband, describing him as “the most incredible man on earth” and that “her world will never be the same.”

 

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“My sweet husband. After much reflection this week, I’m trying, really trying, to not think I was robbed of time. But instead to think: How lucky was I that I got to be the one to be married to THE MOST INCREDIBLE MAN ON EARTH. I was the one who got to go on this crazy ride with him and be in his life these last 6 years. We had that time to make each other the happiest we’d ever been and change each other’s lives forever,” Rizzo wrote to Instagram on January 16, 2022.

“Honey, I love you more than anything, forever.”

The late comedian’s death came as a shock to many as countless fans, friends and celebrities alike paid tribute to the late comedian.