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Dave Coulier is opening up about how he and his fellow Full Home costars work exhausting to maintain the late Bob Saget’s legacy alive.
“We speak about all of the enjoyable instances we had,” Coulier, 65, solely informed Us Weekly whereas attending 90s Con in Daytona Seaside, Florida earlier this month. “You possibly can both take a look at it as an empty effectively or you possibly can hold filling that effectively up with nice reminiscences. And we have now tens of millions of reminiscences that we will hold filling the effectively up with. And that’s what we do.”
“So,” he added, “we hold him alive in our spirits and our hearts on daily basis.”
Saget died on the age of 65 in January 2022 after being discovered unresponsive in his Orlando, Florida, lodge room. On the time, his household shared a press release that confirmed authorities decided Saget skilled head trauma after an unintended fall.
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Lower than one week after his dying, Saget was mourned throughout a personal funeral, which was attended by his former Full Home costars together with Coulier, John Stamos, Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin. Saget starred alongside the group on the beloved sitcom as father Danny Tanner for six seasons from 1987 to 1995. He later reprised the position for a visitor position on the Netflix revival Fuller Home, which starred Cameron Bure, Sweetin and Andrea Barber, who performed DJ Tanner, Stephanie Tanner and Kimmy Gibler, respectively.
Coulier, who additionally returned as Uncle Joey for the sequel sequence, has been open about mourning Saget since his dying almost three years in the past. Throughout an look on Tamron Corridor in Could 2022, Coulier shared that sobriety performed a big position in his grieving course of.
“I undoubtedly went via the sorrow hat trick, so to talk,” he shared on the time. “My brother took his personal life and he was truly the funniest individual I’ve ever identified. My brother, Dan. I used to be the one who discovered him at my dad’s home down within the basement. Part of me died that day, as effectively, as a result of I actually liked my brother.”
He added, “I made jokes to my family and friends and the road was, ‘Boy, I certain picked the fallacious time in my life to cease consuming.’ And other people would chortle at that understanding I used to be sober. After which my father handed away a few months in the past and I obtained to say the entire issues {that a} son may say to his father about how proud I used to be.”
In April, Coulier invited Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, on for an episode of his “Full Home Rewind” podcast the place the duo bonded over their time with the previous America’s Funniest Residence Movies host. Coulier additionally shared a touching voice message for listeners that Saget had despatched him after the dying of his brother, Danny Coulier.
Touching tributes. Bob Saget’s former Full Home costars shared their emotional reactions to the late actor’s dying on Sunday, January 9. The Fuller Home alum died at age 65 in a lodge room in Orlando, Florida, the Orange County Sherriff’s Workplace confirmed. “Earlier at present, deputies had been referred to as to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a […]
“I do know it’s not a time to name, however I’m proper right here 24/7 proper now, proper right here,” Saget informed his longtime good friend on the cellphone. “I like you Dave, and I’m so sorry, Dave. I liked him. I’m so sorry. So I’m right here. I’m right here 24/7, simply name me anytime. Doesn’t should be now, it may be per week, every time. I can simply discuss to you and hear. I like you a lot.”
Coulier informed Rizzo, 45 — who tied the knot with Sagt in 2018 — that it was an “audio hug” from his longtime good friend.
“I like Bob and he liked me too,” he mentioned. “I’d like to shut this episode by taking part in that voicemail message that Bob left for me. Perhaps sometime you possibly can move alongside the identical form of compassion for somebody you like.”