Actor and comedian Bob Saget dead at 65

Iconic comedian and actor Bob Saget has died at 65, police have confirmed.

He was found dead at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando on Sunday.

According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the hotel following reports a man was found unresponsive in one of the rooms.

According to TMZ, Bob Saget has died at 65. Known for his role as ‘Danny Tanner’ in Full House, the actor apparently died in today in the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando. Hotel security found him in his room – and he was pronounced dead on scene. No word on cause of death. @CityNewsVAN pic.twitter.com/Pjx9Nbb9Y1

— Tarnjit Kaur Parmar (@Tarnjitkparmar) January 10, 2022

The man was pronounced deceased at the scene and later identified as Saget.

No cause of death was immediately provided but police say there were no signs of foul play or drug use found.

Loved tonight’s show @PV_ConcertHall in Jacksonville. Appreciative audience. Thanks again to @RealTimWilkins for opening. I had no idea I did a 2 hr set tonight. I’m happily addicted again to this shit. Check https://t.co/nqJyTiiezU for my dates in 2022. pic.twitter.com/pEgFuXxLd3

— bob saget (@bobsaget) January 9, 2022

Known for his role as Danny Tanner in the American sitcom Full House, Saget was in Florida as part of his “I Don’t Do Negative Comedy Tour.”

On Saturday night, he performed in Jacksonville at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, tweeting out afterwards “I had no idea I did a 2 hr set tonight. I’m happily addicted again to this s**t.”

Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive man in a hotel room. The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case. #BobSaget pic.twitter.com/aB1UKiOlmi

— Orange County Sheriff’s Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) January 10, 2022

Fellow comedians and friends praised Saget not only for his wit, but his kindness.

“I am broken. I am gutted. I am in complete and utter shock. I will never ever have another friend like him,” wrote John Stamos, who co-starred with Saget on Full House. “I love you so much Bobby.”

Norman Lear, who called Saget a close friend, wrote the comedian “was as lovely a human as he was funny. And to my mind, he was hilarious.”

Bob Saget was as lovely a human as he was funny. And to my mind, he was hilarious. We were close friends and I could not have loved him more. pic.twitter.com/TM8r1hzCfO

— Norman Lear (@TheNormanLear) January 10, 2022

“In often a ruthless business he was historically not just hilarious but more importantly one of the kindest human beings I ever met in my career,” actor Richard Lewis wrote on Twitter.

Saget’s publicist didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Saget the stand-up showed his flip side with what become a much-talked-about cameo in the 2005 documentary “The Aristocrats” – in which 100 comics riffed on the world’s dirtiest joke – that revealed his notoriously filthy sense of humor.

The longtime host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” Saget played a squeaky clean widower and father to three young girls on “Full House,” the ABC sitcom that also brought fame to Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley when it debuted in 1987.

The show’s popularity didn’t deter critics, some calling it cheesy and others deeming it unreal. Saget, as amiable and droll in an interview as he was on TV screens, took the brickbats in stride.

“‘Full House’ was a loving kind of show but obviously over the top. It had its heightened reality, a glossy Willy Wonka quality to it,” he said in 2001.

Saget had daughters Aubrey, Lara and Jennifer with first wife Sherri Kramer before divorcing in 1997. He married Kelly Rizzo in 2018.