Bob Saget Dead: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Speak Out

May 2024 · 3 minute read

You were given it, dude. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen paid tribute to their past due Full House costar Bob Saget after his shocking death on Sunday, January 9.

“Bob was essentially the most loving, compassionate and generous guy,” the designers, 35, informed Us in a remark on Monday, January 10. “We are deeply saddened that he's not with us however know that he will continue to be via our aspect to guide us as gracefully as he always has. We are thinking of his daughters, spouse and circle of relatives and are sending our condolences.”

News broke on Sunday that Saget died at the age of 65. The Pennsylvania native used to be discovered unresponsive in his hotel room in Orlando, Florida, after doing a stand-up display one day prior.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed his passing by way of social media, tweeting, “Earlier these days, deputies had been referred to as to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive guy in a hotel room. The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Detectives discovered no indicators of foul play or drug use in this case.”

The Olsen twins, who played Michelle Tanner on Full House, venerated their overdue TV father just about three many years after they labored in combination on the sitcom. Saget portrayed Danny Tanner on the display for all 8 seasons from 1987 to 1995.

While the How I Met Your Mother alum reprised his position on Netflix’s Fuller House, which ran from 2016 to 2020, Mary-Kate and Ashley, now 35, opted no longer to take part. Their absence on the reboot was frequently joked about on screen, but off screen, their bond with Saget remained unbroken.

“I really like them. I want them to be happy,” the America’s Funniest Home Videos alum exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2015 after information broke that Mary-Kate and Ashley weren't becoming a member of the Netflix comedy. “People want to do what they wish to do. They’re very busy in their global that has nothing to do with being on Fuller House.”

The Farce of the Penguins director noted that he sees the Row designers in New York, including, “We’re friends.”

Three years later, Saget solely instructed Us that he felt paternal instincts towards the It Takes Two stars, whom he met once they were young children.

“I love them and I do really feel comparable,” the Bob Saget’s Here for You creator said in December 2018. “I'm very close emotionally with Ashley and Mary-Kate.”

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The late actor called the So Little Time alums “incredibly beneficiant,” noting that he sees them “at least a few times a 12 months.”

Saget is survived by way of wife Kelly Rizzo, whom he married in October 2018. His legacy also lives on in his 3 daughters, Lara, Aubrey and Jennifer, whom he stocks with ex-wife Sherri Kramer. The former spouses cut up in 1997 after 15 years of marriage.

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