That's one of the things that's kept me doing this - will keep me doing this - until I'm gone. I feel like to really do justice is to really make huge strides in the next decade or two. When he was complimented by LaPook for his fundraising efforts, he insisted, 'I have a lot to live up to. Of his lifetime of fundraising for scleroderma - tapping famous friends John Stamos, Dave Chappelle, George Lopez, John Mayer and Robin Williams to attend his charity events - Bob said: 'I can't watch what happened to my sister happen to more people. He called his lifetime use of comedy 'a defense mechanism' and one that 'truly helped me survive.' He said comedy 'helped keep me mentally alive rather than letting it destroy me.' The comedian then made a joke about his hair, noting that 'humor is the only way my family survived.' 'I don't know how to explain it but it felt like - I'm going to go all woo-woo here - but it felt like the soul going past us. 'We were all in the room when she let out her last breath,' he said. I can't get the images of the end of her life out of my head ever.' Savenok/Getty Images for The Scleroderma Research Foundation)Īfter a four-year battle, Gay died and Bob, getting emotional, said he 'couldn't bear it.
Bob Saget at his annual Scleroderma Research Foundation's Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine event in 2018.
