She battled the illness for 3 years that slowly and agonizingly turned her skin and internal organs to stone.Īfter her demise, her brother, Bob created and directed a movie named “For Hope” inspired by Gay and as a tribute to her lost soul. The disease affects women than men, typically between the ages of 30 and 50 years of age. Gay was diagnosed with scleroderma around the age of 44 and died just a few years later at the age of 47. It is a rare disease that hardens and tightens the skin and connective tissues. Bob Saget Sister Gay Saget Scleroderma Diseaseīob Saget’s sister Gay Saget was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called scleroderma in 1992. Gay Saget’s brother, Bob was known for his role as Danny Tanner on “Full House,” tragically has died on Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orlando, Florida. Gay Saget died at an age of 47 from Scleroderma disease, the same disease that might have taken Bob Saget’s life as he was found dead in a hotel room. Also, I'm currently in pre-production for a new show on ABC called "Videos After Dark," which is a more adult, edgy version of the old video show I used to host and write.Bob Saget died on from Scleroderma, and it seems he had a sister named Gay Saget who also suffered from the same disease.
And I'm about to go on tour around the country with my stand-up comedy for a long run. I'm directing a documentary on the comic Martin Mull. We lost to "Sesame Street." You can't get mad at "Sesame Street!" My latest comedy special is called "Zero to Sixty" on Amazon. Outside of that, I'm happy that Netflix is now airing Season 4 of "Fuller House." We got nominated for an Emmy. We had the most recent "Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine" fundraiser in December. I'm busy! First, I will for the rest of my life remain committed to finding a cure for scleroderma through my work with SRF. And when you unlock the gate on scleroderma, it will impact a lot of other conditions. We have some of the greatest minds in science working on this. You cannot eradicate the disease or diminish the disease without understanding it. Research is the key that opens the door for the cure. There is no improved treatment and there is no cure without the research. Why is research like that supported by NIH so important? But I would tell loved ones: Don't give up hope. My family is still having post-traumatic stress disorder. It is incredibly painful to have a loved one experience a condition like this. And if they can, try to get help from a center of excellence to get the best treatment. I also advise them to get educated about the condition and to find a real expert in scleroderma to care for them. My word to them is don't give up hope because we are making incredible progress. I speak with and meet a lot of people with the condition. What message do you have for those living with the condition and their loved ones? But we have a long way to go to get to even more effective treatments and eventually a cure. There are new drugs specifically for scleroderma that are helping people. The good news is that since then we have made some remarkable progress. She had to move to Los Angeles to live with my parents because she needed so much help. She got treatment, but it was just treating her symptoms with drugs like prednisone and cortisone. She was 44 when she was diagnosed with systemic scleroderma.
My sister, Gay Saget, was a school teacher near Philadelphia. Your sister fought a long battle with scleroderma. I have been on the board of directors of the SRF for over a decade now and hosted their events for 25 years. Little did I know that just a few years later, my sister would be diagnosed with the disease. I said yes and hosted the event, which starred Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell, and others. The call was from Sharon Monskey, a wonderful and amazing woman, a former ice skater who had scleroderma and founded the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF). One day I got a call from someone I did not know asking me to host a comedy fundraiser for a disease I knew very little about. How did you first get involved as an advocate for those with scleroderma? He recently spoke with NIH MedlinePlus magazine about his advocacy and commitment to finding a cure for the disease. The "Full House," "America's Funniest Home Videos," and "Fuller House" star has also won praise for his longtime advocacy on behalf of people battling scleroderma, a chronic autoimmune disease. Television actor and comedian Bob Saget has been making Americans laugh for decades.