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Bob Saget attends the premier of The Big Short in 2015. Alamy Stock Photo

US comedian Bob Saget dies aged 65

Saget was found dead in a Florida hotel room with police saying there were no signs of foul play.

US COMEDIAN BOB Saget has died at the age of 65.

Saget, known for starring in US sitcoms including Full House, was pronounced dead at a hotel room in Orlando, Florida.

Officers from Orange County Sheriff’s Office were called following reports of an unresponsive man at the Ritz-Carlton hotel.

Saget was identified and pronounced dead at the scene with police saying there were no signs of foul play. 

“Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive man in a hotel room,” Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.

“The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced deceased on scene. Detectives found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case.”

Saget had just begun his new 2022 stand up tour and had earlier tweeted about his show in Jacksonville, expressing his delight at being back performing.

Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin, and Jim Carrey were among the high-profile celebrities to express grief and shock over the news.

British comedian and Great British Bake Off presenter Matt Lucas called Saget a “magnificently naughty comedian”.

“In terrible shock of the horrible news of Bob Saget’s sudden passing,” Lucas tweeted.

US TV host and actor Whoopi Goldberg wrote: “Sail on my friend Bob Saget with your huge heart and abject lunacy. My condolences to his daughters & other family.”

Comedy veteran Steve Martin responded to the news of Saget’s death by saying it was a “sad day for [the] comedy world”.

Jim Carrey added his voice to the wealth of tributes, writing on Twitter: “Beautiful Bob Saget passed away today at 65. He had a big, big heart and a wonderfully warped comic mind. He gave the world a lot of joy and lived his life for goodness’ sake.”

Actor John Stamos, who starred alongside Saget on the sitcom Full House, also took to Twitter to express his grief.

“I am broken. I am gutted.  I am in complete and utter shock.  I will never ever have another friend like him.  I love you so much Bobby.”

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:35 AM

    Likely at some time in the past they decided to lay off all their competent IT people and/or outsourced the work to a cheap 3rd party to save money. Well, they’re paying for that now. Though I doubt the people who made that decision will be held accountable by anyone.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:00 AM

    Ulster Bank – The bank that likes to fly by the seat of it’s pants.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:19 AM

    My dad lost his job in RBS due to them outsourcing work to India – when will companies realise this does not work??

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:21 AM

    Is their IT system made out of Lego?! What a shambles.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:13 AM

    Ulster bank is an utter disgrace!

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:46 AM

    The main media organisations in this country haven’t exactly chased UB for a detailed explanation of what went wrong the first time, neither have any of the politicians.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:40 PM

    It’s the first time that a banks ATM network has gone down temporarily. What makes this news is what happened last year.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:58 AM

    It’s headline news when things are working normally for Ulster Bank.

    What does that tell you?

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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:03 AM

    Much bigger bonuses please or management will take their talents elsewhere.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:09 AM

    No, definitely not running as normal yet…

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    Mar 7th 2013, 3:00 PM

    Computer says no.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:50 AM

    Internet banking was down too

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:32 AM

    No point in complaining about there ” service ” vote with your feet move to another bank ANY other bank. That’s what I’ve done. Happy days

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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:43 PM

    The main thing is that it doesn’t matter how many cock ups they make, bonuses are go! Banking is the only industry where complete incompetence can be rewarded by public bailouts and the management continuing to get huge bonuses.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    Was In the process of switchignored from Boi to UB , after reading this I’m cancelling that idea and going to ehh….which bank isn’t fcked right now?

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    *switching

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