Full House alum John Stamos is remembering the ultimate moments spent along with his former costar Bob Saget.
Stamos, 62, took to Instagram to mark what would have been Saget’s seventieth birthday on Sunday, May 17, sharing a carousel of photos and video footage that captured the late comedian hanging out with Stamos prior to his death on the age of 65 in January 2022.
The ultimate photo in Stamos’ carousel showed Saget standing beside his widow, Kelly Rizzo, Stamos, and Stamos’ wife, Caitlin McHugh, because the group posed for a scenic sunset snap in front of the ocean. Stamos wrote over the image, “Last pic.”
Stamos’ post was also captioned, “We used to throw one another great birthday parties. Your seventieth today would’ve been epic! I miss you and love you.”
Saget died inside Orlando, Florida’s Ritz-Carlton hotel on January 9, 2022, with an autopsy determining the reason behind his death one month later. The Saget family told Us Weekly in a press release on the time, “The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They’ve concluded that he unintentionally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep. No drugs or alcohol were involved.”
Within the wake of the news, Stamos shared a Twitter post that reflected on his heartbreak. “I’m broken. I’m gutted,” the actor wrote via the social media platform, now X. “I’m in complete and utter shock. I won’t ever ever have one other friend like him. I really like you a lot Bobby.”
Other Full House stars including Dave Coulier, who played Joey Gladstone opposite Saget’s Danny Tanner and Stamos’ Jesse Katsopolis, also took to social media to share tributes of their very own. Coulier, 66, wrote via Instagram, “I’ll never let go, brother. Love you,” before sharing a second post that touched on his friendship with Saget. “I met Bob once I was 18 years old. I didn’t know then that two, struggling standup comics would find yourself being brothers perpetually. I wish I could lean on you without delay through all these tears. I really like you,” he wrote.
Candace Cameron Bure, who played D.J. Tanner on Full House, also took to Twitter to comment on her costar’s death. “I don’t know what to say,” she began on the time. “I actually have no words. Bob was among the best humans [sic] beings I’ve ever known in my life. I loved him a lot.”
In July 2024, Stamos revealed the impact of Saget’s death on his life, and the way he managed to manage within the aftermath. During an appearance on Coulier’s “Full House Rewind” podcast, Stamos said of Saget’s 2014 book Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian, “Do you remember when his book got here out? It was very dirty and bizarre. And so for whatever reason, the night [Saget] died, I placed on his audio tape and it gave me such comfort. I don’t know why. I listened to it every night once I went to sleep.”