Bob Saget's Family Lawyer Addresses Claims Comedian Didn't 'Feel Good' The Night He Died
KEY POINTS
- Bob Saget's family lawyer said the records released already told the entire story about his death
- The comedian's family asked the public to give them privacy as they mourn his passing in peace
- Saget's autopsy showed that he died from head trauma, but recent reports claimed he fell ill on the night he passed away
Bob Saget's family lawyer addressed the claims that he was not feeling well the night he passed away.
Saget's family attorney has issued a statement in response to the actor's full death report. The report included redacted police body camera footage, audio interviews and the last photo of the "Full House" star when he was alive.
"The records released tell the entire story — that is — Bob passed away after a fall and hitting his head in his hotel room," Brian H. Bieber said in a statement to People. "Now that the medical examiner's and police department's records have been released after their respective thorough investigations, the Saget family would appreciate privacy to mourn in peace."
The photos showed Saget's hotel room intact and everything in place. His cell phone, iPad, glasses, headphones, chapstick and water bottles were on the nearby nightstand. A privacy sign on the floor inside the room was also photographed, including his toiletry items, valet vehicle claim tag for his car, rental car's keys and trash bin with discarded masks. There was no picture of his body in the full report.
In an audio obtained by People, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall staffer Rosalie Cocci, who ran errands for talent and other staff, recounted Saget speaking about feeling unwell due to "long-term COVID" that also allegedly affected his hearing.
"I did hear him say, 'I don't feel good, but I'm ready to do the show. This is what I do this for.' He kinda seemed like he was talking himself up," she recalled.
"He stated himself that... it was taking his body a long time to get over [COVID]. He said that his hearing had been off and that was the case that night. He was asking the sound guys to turn everything up."
However, Cocci claimed that Saget "seemed OK" and was "cracking jokes" during the nearly two-hour performance. "He wasn't sweating, he didn't miss a beat, nothing slurred. … He came out very energetic," she said of Saget's performance, per Page Six.
A month after his passing, the autopsy revealed that he died from head trauma. He also tested positive for COVID-19. No illicit drugs or toxins were involved, but he took clonazepam, a prescription drug for seizures, panic disorder and anxiety.
The autopsy also showed he had cardiomegaly (an enlarged heart), coronary artery atherosclerosis (damage or disease in the heart's major blood vessels) and aortic atherosclerosis (plaque build-up inside the wall of the aorta).
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