Here’s everything we know about what happened with Bob Saget’s death. “Though we ask for privacy at this time, we invite you to join us in remembering the love and laughter that Bob brought to the world.” “He was everything to us and we want you to know how much he loved his fans, performing live and bringing people from all walks of life together with laughter. We are still at the stage where we need attention and much more funding.“We are devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today,” the Saget family said in the statement. I will spend the rest of my life dedicated to helping our amazing Board of Directors at the incredible Scleroderma Research Foundation to work with the best medical minds as we fund a cure. Savenok / Getty Images for Scleroderma Research Foundation Louis C.K., Kevin Nealon and Bob at the Scleroderma Research Foundation even at Carolines On Broadway on Decemin New York City. So many dear friends have been there for me and for all of us at the foundation including: Robin Williams Whoopi Goldberg Dana Carvey Jimmy Kimmel Seth Meyers Jeff Ross John Oliver Jeff Garlin John Mayer Jim Gaffigan Jimmy Fallon Rodney Dangerfield Jay Leno John Stamos Bill Bellamy Dave Koz Sarah Silverman Jerry Seinfeld Conan O’Brien Craig Ferguson Jon Stewart Lily Tomlin Ben Folds Pat Monahan Train The Goo Goo Dolls Adam Duritz and Counting Crows Sheryl Crow - and at our New York event last December: Andy Cohen Kevin Nealon Michael Che and Louie C.K., just to name-drop 32 celebrities. We have been touched by all of the comedians and other performers who have given of their time to perform at all of our "Cool Comedy-Hot Cuisine" benefits over the years, which take place annually in New York and every other year in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and now Las Vegas. Thanks to the amazing research we fund at John’s Hopkins, Stanford and UCSF, new drugs and new therapies have been developed, helping thousands of those struggling with this sometimes fatal disease.Īfter the loss of my sister, I have had the good fortune of meeting hundreds of scleroderma patients who I feel connected to on a deep level - as though it’s some sort of horrific rite of passage to be in “this club.” Since that time, the Scleroderma Research Foundation has raised over $35 million dollars. So, just three years after I found out what ‘scleroderma’ was, my sister was sitting in the audience at the benefit, now actually diagnosed with this orphan disease.
(Apologies, but that’s a long time for me to be serious without a shot of gallows humor to get me through the pain of discussing it.) The more you experience, the more you tend to believe, “there are no accidents.” Except occasionally in your pants. I have since hosted "Cool Comedy-Hot Cuisine" over 30 times. It was such a moving night for me that I personally promised Sharon that I would be there the following year.
The first year I went, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O’Donnell performed as well. With Andy Cohen at Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, A Benefit For The Scleroderma Research Foundation at Carolines On Broadway on Decemin New York City.
Robin returned for a total of five times, helping Sharon to raise millions for research programs and the Centers of Excellence at Johns Hopkins, Duke, Stanford and UCSF, among other universities and major medical institutions. I was a performer and later served as its host. The beautiful, generous Robin Williams was the first performer to stand up for this cause.