Saget is survived by his wife Kelly Rizzo children Aubrey Saget, Jennifer Belle Saget and Lara Melanie Saget and ex-wife Sherri Kramer. His sister, Gay Saget, was diagnosed with scleroderma and died in 1993, Variety reported. Saget was also a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation and raised money to help fight the autoimmune disease. Saget also hosted “America’s Funniest Home Videos” from 1989 untl 1997, and narrated CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother” throughout its nine-season run that ended in 2014, the entertainment news outlet reported.
The fan-favorite also spawned the Netflix sequel series, “Fuller House,” which ran for five seasons and saw Saget reprise his role as Danny Tanner in 10 of the program’s 75 episodes between 20, Variety reported. a benefit for the Scleroderma Research Foundation, on Dec. “Full House” ran for eight seasons and 192 episodes from 1987 to 1994, reaching more than 17 million viewers during its peak in Season 5. Here he is with his son Mischa at Disney's 'Aladdin' premiere in 2019. Despite his “squeaky-clean image” on “Full House” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” Saget’s “raunchy, profanity-laden stand-up routines” catered to more adult audiences, the newspaper reported. TMZ was the first to report Saget’s death.Īccording to The New York Times, Saget was born in Philadelphia, and graduated from Temple University in 1978, before building his following in comedy clubs.
