Danny Tanner from "Full House": Actor Bob Saget is dead

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Actor Bob Saget at the Grammy Awards in 2014

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The American actor Bob Saget is dead. This was announced by the Orange County police in Florida.

Accordingly, investigators were called to a hotel in Orlando.

In one of the rooms they would have found an "unresponsive man."

He was identified as Robert Saget and pronounced dead on the spot, tweeted the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

The investigators had no evidence of a criminal background or "drug use" in the case.

Saget was 65 years old.

The comedian was best known for his role as a single father in the sitcom "Full House" - the series ran in the USA for eight years, from 1987 to 1995. In Germany, RTL began broadcasting in 1992.

Saget played Danny Tanner, who after the accidental death of his wife brings his brother-in-law Jesse and his best friend Joey into the house to cope with everyday family life with his three daughters.

Over time, the two uncles become like fathers to baby Michelle, Stephanie and DJ, the eldest of the three sisters.

The series was extremely popular.

In 2015 it was announced that "Full House" is returning: The series "Fuller House" was broadcast from 2016 to 2020.

Saget was only seen as a minor character.

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