Bob Saget and John Mayer.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Today is a bittersweet one for those closest toBob Saget.
On the day the beloved comedian would have turned 66 years old, his friends and family are paying tribute to his life and work.
“Happy Birthday, Bob,“John Mayerwrote onInstagramto the lateFull Housestar, who died unexpectedly on Jan. 9 (an autopsy later revealed he haddied from head traumaconsistent with some kind of fall).
Mayer continued, “We all miss you terribly down here. Though the days without you keep growing, so too does our grasp on everything we adore and admire about you, the love we learned to share because of your example, and the endless joy you gave at all times to the world around you.”
He added, “I just wish so badly we were getting dinner tonight. I love you so much.”
Stamos' wifeCaitlin McHugh Stamosalso shared a photo of herself, Stamos and Saget on her Instagram Story on Tuesday, writing, “Happy Birthday Bob ❤️”
Caitlin McHugh Stamos/Instagram
Saget’s onscreen daughterCandace Cameron Burealso shared abittersweet tributeonInstagram: ““I miss you 💔. Do I still say happy birthday? I don’t know how this works, but I’m celebrating you today however badly my heart hurts ❤️🧡💛🥳”
Earlier Tuesday, Rizzo shared alengthy note to her late husbandthat read, in part, “I pray he can see all of the love he’s already getting from around the world today. Honey, everyone loves you so damn much. Everyone wants you to know how important and special you are on your special day, and we ALL celebrate you. You are one of a kind and you certainly made my world go ‘round.”
Rizzo, 42, closed on a personal note: “I love you more than anything and miss you every minute. Your girls and I will hold on tight to each other today. And I know you’d want me to get a martini tonight, so I’ll oblige. Happy birthday, honey.”
Last week, Rizzo discussed how she haspreserved his memoryin the four months since his death.
“It’s like, he’s still my husband,” she toldAmanda Kloots, 40, who also lost her husbandNick Corderosuddenly whenthe actor died of COVID complicationsin 2020. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, he’s my former husband.’ It’s like … the relationship is different now. It’s just — it is what it is.”
Bob Saget with Kelly Rizzo, Aubrey Saget and Lara Saget.Leon Bennett/WireImage
Rizzo has since moved to a new home — but she keeps reminders of Saget wherever she can. “I mean, I still talk to him and I have his pictures everywhere,” she said.
Rizzo added that her relationship with Saget’s daughters has been important as she has moved through her grief in the last few months.
“I know Bob would want me to be there for his girls,” she told Kloots during the panel discussion. “I’m not as focused on my own grief when I’m trying to help them or support them or be there for them. When I’m doing little things to try to make them happy, it kind of takes me out of my head. And I’m also at the same time being like, ‘Oh, this would make Bob so happy, just knowing that I’m trying to make them happy.'”
source: people.com
