Bob Saget’s Cause of Death is Finally Revealed

Comedian and former Full House actor Bob Saget tragically passed away on January 9th, leaving many questions for his family and loved ones, as well as fans around the world.

The family of Bob Saget revealed this week that the comedian died of “head trauma” a month ago in his Florida hotel room.

A statement from Saget’s family was released Wednesday and had shared the conclusion from the medical examiner’s office investigating his death. The Orange County chief medical examiner corroborated the statement Thursday.

“Now that we have the final conclusions from the authorities’ investigation, we felt it only proper that the fans hear those conclusions directly from us,” the statement sent by Saget’s longtime publicist Michael O’Brien read. “The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep.”

“No drugs or alcohol were involved,” the statement added.

“In consideration of the circumstances surrounding the death and after examination of the body, toxicology analysis, histology, and a respiratory pathogen panel, it is my opinion that the death of Mr. Saget, was the result of blunt head trauma,” read the statement from Joshua Stephany, Chief Medical Examiner of Orange and Osceola counties.

“His injuries were most likely incurred from an unwitnessed fall. A toxicology analysis did not reveal any illicit drugs or toxins. The manner of death is accident. Our condolences go out to
Mr. Saget’s loved ones during this difficult time.”

Dr. Roshini Raj, an Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Health, told PEOPLE, “This report shows that the [skull and] brain suffered trauma which led to skull fractures, bruising of the brain and actual bleeding in the space around the brain. This blood can compress the brain and cause death. The coroner determined that this trauma was most likely caused by an accidental fall backward.”

Raj said, “The head hits something hard and the skull fractures in different places including the orbits (the part of the skull around the eyes) and that causes bleeding which compresses the brain. The force of the hit on the head can also directly bruise and damage the brain.”

Saget’s autopsy also stated that he had cardiomegaly (an enlarged heart), coronary artery atherosclerosis (damage or disease in the heart’s major blood vessels) and aortic atherosclerosis (plaque build-up inside the wall of the aorta).

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