My word to them is don't give up hope, because we are making incredible progress."īob Saget's family devastated after his death
I speak with and meet a lot of people with the condition. "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," he said. To those living with scleroderma, the actor had a message of hope in his 2019 interview. The piece helped raise awareness around the disease.
WHAT DID GAY SAGET DIE FROM MOVIE
She passed away just two years later."īob Saget lost both his sisters when they were both relatively young Andrea was 35, while Gay was 47 (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)īob directed his grief into the 1996 TV movie 'For Hope,' a story of a woman with scleroderma (played by Dana Delany) which was inspired by Gay's battle with the disease. 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. In a 2019 interview with the NIH Magazine, Bob said: "My sister, Gay Saget, was a school teacher near Philadelphia. While some people see effects in their skin, others find changes in blood vessels, internal organs, and the digestive tract, depending on the severity of the disease.
WHAT DID GAY SAGET DIE FROM SKIN
According to the Mayo Clinic, scleroderma is "a group of rare diseases that involve the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues." It is more prevalent in women than men and typically occurs between the ages of 30 and 50. Gay was forced to move back in with her parents before her death because she required so much care. 'What happens after life': Bob Saget released eerie Betty White tribute days before his death Gay Saget's battle with scleroderma
WHAT DID GAY SAGET DIE FROM FULL
No one should have to suffer as Gay did, which is why I'm committed to finding a cure and a proud board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation."īob Saget death: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen call Full House co-star ‘most loving man’ My heart goes out to all who have lost a loved one to this disease. She lost her life to scleroderma when she was 47. In an Instagram post shared by the SRF early on January 9, Bob wrote, "Today would have been my sister Gay's 75th birthday. However, after she died, the 'Full House' actor made it one of his "life's missions" to raise money and research for the foundation. Bob was already involved with the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) before his sister was diagnosed with the disease. While Bob lost Gay to autoimmune disease when she was 47, he lost his older sister Andrea due to a brain aneurism at the age of 35 in 1985. Gay Saget, the former school teacher from Philadelphia, died years ago, following her scleroderma diagnosis. Incidentally, it was also Saget's late sister Gay's 75th birth anniversary. Legendary TV comedian Bob Saget was found dead at 65 in his room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, January 9.