He brought us all laughter and demonstrated dedication to a cause that we at Scleroderma Atlantic share. They can visit our website where they will find access to support and community. If you are reading this and know someone living with scleroderma, please share our organization’s information with them. Scleroderma Atlantic is a not-for-profit organization led by volunteers who, for the most part, either have scleroderma or have cared or are caring for someone living with scleroderma. Testing is very specific and treatments can be both hard to access and inadequate for the multitude of symptoms.
Diagnosis can be very difficult and can take years to confirm. Right now, there are over 400 people in Atlantic Canada living with scleroderma. Bob Saget shared that he came to accept his own mortality after. She had been living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, but moved back to Los Angeles to. She was 44 in 1992 when she was diagnosed with systemic scleroderma, a disease that strikes mostly women in the prime of their lives. No one should have to suffer as my sister Gay did. Little did I know that just a few years later, my sister would be diagnosed with the disease.” Saget died at 65 on January 9, 2022, of head trauma inside a hotel room in Orlando, Florida, where was on a stand-up comedy tour. Gay Saget was diagnosed with scleroderma when there was little to be done. Saget recalled to People Magazine: "I said yes and hosted the event, which starred Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O’Donnell and others. He volunteered actively and eventually became a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation, raising millions of dollars and hosting his signature comedy show Hot Cuisine, Cool Comedy for the cause. Her illness and death was a terrible shock to the family and Bob would say his parents suffered from PTSD as a result of the experience of caring for Gay through her illness.īob was a dedicated advocate for the scleroderma cause for more than 25 years. In a terrible twist of irony, the 66-year-old actress was auditioning for her role when her sister. There is no cure.īob’s sister, Gay, a schoolteacher, became very sick and ultimately died from scleroderma at 47. But none found it more painful than veteran actress Polly Bergen, who plays Saget and Gays mom.
#HOW OLD WAS GAY SAGET SKIN#
It involves the hardening of skin and connective tissue, and often significantly affects internal organs. Scleroderma is a rare auto-immune disease.
But there was another side to Bob that many do not know about - it has to do with a disease called scleroderma. Many have heard about the unexpected death of beloved actor, host, and comedian Bob Saget last month - and if you are like me, and thousands of other people across North America, we are collectively saddened.Īs a charismatic television entertainer, Bob brought a lot of laughter to generations of people across North America. Bob Saget’s wife Kelly Rizzo and pals Chris Rock, Jim Carrey, John Stamos and John Mayer give the late comic the perfect sendoff in Dirty Daddy.