In a way, Bob really is keeping up the battle. The family told TMZ … Bob became their lifeline, and also told them he’d keep fighting until there’s a cure. As we reported, Bob reached out to the family of Sophie Anne Seaman, a 9-year-old girl who was diagnosed 2 years ago. He said awareness is key in the search for a cure.Īnd, he was very serious about helping others battling the disease. I’ll do it when I’m gone.”īob’s been a champion for the Scleroderma Research Foundation ever since Gay’s death in 1994, which was the main reason he sat down with CBS. And that’s one of the things that’s kept me doing this … will keep me doing this until I’m gone.
Jon LaPook a few weeks ago about coping with the loss of his sister, Gay, who was killed by a rare skin disease called scleroderma when she was just 47 years old.ĭuring the interview he had a very poignant description of the moment she passed - which he somehow managed to punctuate with humor - and then he added, “I can’t watch what happened to my sister happen to more people.”īob said, “My sister should not be dead. Bob Saget made a promise to honor his deceased sister just a few weeks before his own death … and what he said in his final TV interview now feels somewhat eerie.īob spoke to his friend, and “CBS Mornings” correspondent, Dr.
