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Bob Saget was confusingly left out of the “In Memoriam” segment at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday, sparking outrage from fans. Saget himself was an Oscar winner, scoring a student Academy Award in 1977 for his black-and-white documentary “Through Adam’s Eyes.” Twitter was quick to point out the Academy’s glaring omission in its special segment to honor those who were lost in the past year. “Rioting because Bob Saget wasn’t in the In Memoriam portion of the #Oscars,” one fan pointed out. “No but seriously, why wasn’t Bob Saget in the memoriam?” added another. “Cancel the #oscars for not mentioning...

Bob Saget was not feeling well the night he went into his hotel room and ended up dying -- at least that's what one of the last people to speak with him is claiming. A showrunner who works at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall -- where Bob's last show took place before he booked it to Orlando that fateful night -- told investigators Bob had disclosed to her and other stage crew that he wasn't well health-wise pre-show. The woman, whose name is Rosalie Cocci, said Bob had told them he was battling long-term COVID, and it had taken a...

The plush Florida hotel suite where 'America's dad' Bob Saget mysteriously banged his head and died is revealed for the first time today in haunting crime scene photos. Cops catalogued every surface and object inside room 962 at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grand Lakes as they looked for anything that could have caused Full House legend Saget's fractured skull. The cache of images, released Tuesday by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, include a shot of the padded headboard above the comedian's bed as well as his walk-in shower, bathtub, desk and minibar. Investigators never determined exactly what killed Saget, 65, but...

The autopsy findings indicated that "the amount of force necessary to cause the fracture, coupled with the fact that the skin on the back of the head was still intact, led (Stephany) to believe that the injury was most likely caused by "something hard, covered by something soft"...The medical examiner suggested "a fall onto a carpeted floor" as an example of the type of accident that could have fatally injured Saget.

A Florida judge on Monday agreed to an order that permanently blocks the release of photos, video and other records connected to the investigation of Bob Saget’s death. The permanent injunction, granted by Circuit Judge Vincent Chiu, had been requested by the comedian’s family.

Bob Saget died after sustaining what appeared to be significant head trauma, according to a recently released autopsy report. The 65-year-old star was found unresponsive in his hotel bed in Orlando, Florida, on January 9. Last week, Saget's family announced that he had died after he "accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep." However, an autopsy report by Dr. Joshua Stephany, the chief medical examiner of Orange and Osceola counties in Florida, suggests the head injury was far more serious than one that could have been shrugged off. ... Dr....

RLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A medical examiner in Florida said Thursday that comedian Bob Saget died from an accidental blow to the head, likely from a backwards fall. Saget was found dead Jan. 9 in a Florida hotel room. He’d performed in the area the night before as part of a stand-up tour. A toxicology analysis didn't show any illicit drugs or toxins in Saget's body, according to a statement from Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany in Orlando. An autopsy report released later Thursday showed that Saget had an abrasion on his scalp, a fracture at the base of his skull,...

Bob Saget’s family is providing an update to his fans after he passed away last month at 65. In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, the late Full House star’s relatives confirmed that authorities have determined the cause of death to be head trauma. The message added that drugs and alcohol were not involved. “They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep,” the family stated of the investigation into Saget’s death. The comedian was found dead in his Orlando hotel room on Jan....

In the days before his death, Bob Saget opened up about his battle with coronavirus. The actor was found dead in his Florida hotel room at the age of 65 on Sunday while on tour performing stand-up. In a recent interview on the "A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan" podcast that debuted recently, the "Full House" alum revealed that he had previously fought off COVID-19. "It is not good, it does not feel good," the actor revealed. "I had it." He then said he was unaware of what variant of the virus he had, joking that perhaps two variants...

A medical examiner announced on Monday that foul play or drugs were not involved in the death of 65-year-old Bob Saget. The District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office in Orlando, Fla., said an autopsy was performed on Monday morning after Saget's death in a hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton on Sunday night, according to NBC News. The initial report found "no evidence of drug use or foul play," though the final results of the autopsy could take up to three months.