One of the most popular TV stars of the 80s and 90s has died. Bob Saget, the star of the ABC sitcom Big House and the original host of America's Funniest Home Videos, died in Florida on Sunday.
His death was confirmed by the Orange County Sheriff's Office on Twitter, which wrote that "the agents were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes to a call about a man in a bedroom Hotel. The man was identified as Robert Saget and pronounced dead at the scene.” They also noted that there were no signs of crime or drug use. Saget was only 65 years old.
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Saget was in Florida performing stand-up comedy. In fact, he tweeted last night about his Jacksonville performance, writing, "had no idea I played a 2 hour show tonight."
Saget has stayed busy as a stand-up comedian, but he's best known as Danny Tanner, the father of the ABC sitcom Three Houses. The show ran for eight seasons and nearly 200 episodes. Saget appeared in all of them.
In recent years, the show – about a widowed father of three who recruits two friends to help him raising their children – has been revived on Netflix as Fuller House, with Danny's daughters now in emphasis. Saget appeared on that show several times over five more seasons.
While Full House was still on ABC, Saget also became the host of America's Funniest Home. Videos, which began as a one-off special but later proved so popular that it became a series regular. Saget ended up hosting the show for the first eight years.
