Bob Saget dead at 65 -- hours after performing live

[mickey2942]

Interesting random trivia about Bob Saget. He resembles the woman on the Cholula hot sauce bottle.
Does Bob Saget Look Like the Cholula Hot Sauce Woman?

 

[MimosaMornings]

A passing out and hitting head on toilet and tub could do it if the fixtures are porcelain. It seems like he would have had to hit everything just right but it seems possible.

If I were his family I would be wanting more answers. It seems like they are comfortable with where this has ended up though.

Maybe the family has the answers and is keeping it private.

 

[Pseudonymph]

I’m guessing he fell in the bathroom while fully dressed for bed, then went and laid down after it happened. So he appeared to have gone to bed but really he just laid down and lost consciousness.

 

[airportwoman]

Most likely, it was one of those things where everything lined up just right (or wrong) and this was the result. I agree that he may not have thought to call for help because he was too confused to do so.

 

[MimosaMornings]

His next show wasn’t until the 28th, guess he was supposed to fly home the 9th or 10th?

 

[kaen]

Or, he called his family and told them of the fall. They thought he went to sleep but he went unconscious from the injury damage. I know many people who fall or hit their head and minimize it because it is embarrassing to what happened out loud.

 

[perfectingpink]

Here's the full autopsy report. Would love thoughts from those with medical backgrounds

Autopsy report confirms Bob Saget was Covid POSITIVE at his time of death | Daily Mail Online

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I would like to see the comprehensive autopsy report and am perplexed why the frontal injuries were not addressed in the Coroner's causation statement.

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It is most probable that the decedent suffered an unwitnessed fall backwards and struck the posterior of his head.

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I would like to know what he thinks caused those injuries. I suppose it could be he didn't address them in that statement because they did not directly kill him? So many questions.

It is all just so strange.

 

[NoSI]

Good article...

‘Don’t Write It Off’: Advice From Brain Injury Experts After Bob Saget’s Death
People who find themselves alone after a significant knock to the head are at higher risk of harm.

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Brain injury experts said on Thursday that Mr. Saget’s case was relatively uncommon: People with serious head trauma would be expected to have noticeable symptoms, like a headache, nausea or confusion. And they can generally be saved by surgeons opening up their skull and relieving pressure on the brain from bleeding.
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But certain situations put people at higher risk for the sort of deterioration that Mr. Saget experienced, doctors said.

As serious a risk factor as any, doctors said, is simply being alone. Someone with a head injury can lose touch with their usual decision-making capacities and become confused, agitated or unusually sleepy. Those symptoms, in turn, can stand in the way of getting help.

And while there was no indication that Mr. Saget was taking blood thinners, experts said the medications can greatly accelerate the type of bleeding after a head injury that forces the brain downward and compresses the centers that regulate breathing and other vital functions. More Americans are being prescribed these drugs as the population ages.
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‘Don’t Write It Off’: Advice From Brain Injury Experts After Bob Saget’s Death

 

[perfectingpink]

Bob Saget had Covid-19 and died as a result of blunt head trauma, according to autopsy report - CNN

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However, the report stated, his systems contained Clonazepam/Klonopin which is taken for seizures, panic disorders and anxiety. Additionally, the antidepressant Trazodone was found in Saget's system, the report said.

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These medications can cause an alter of consciousness leading one to feel dizzy or off balance.

Trazodone: MedlinePlus Drug Information

Clonazepam: MedlinePlus Drug Information

 

[perfectingpink]

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[MimosaMornings]

Bob Saget had Covid-19 and died as a result of blunt head trauma, according to autopsy report - CNN

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However, the report stated, his systems contained Clonazepam/Klonopin which is taken for seizures, panic disorders and anxiety. Additionally, the antidepressant Trazodone was found in Saget's system, the report said.

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These medications can cause an alter of consciousness leading one to feel dizzy or off balance.

Trazodone: MedlinePlus Drug Information

Clonazepam: MedlinePlus Drug Information

Trazodone is also prescribed as a sleep aid.

 

[Seattle1]

Bob Saget Had Catastrophic Injuries to His Head, Was COVID Positive When He Died: Autopsy

2/10/22

A report from the Orange County Medical Examiner, obtained by PEOPLE on Thursday, stated that Saget had likely fallen backward and hit the back of his head. He had fractures to the back of his head and around his eyes at the time of his death.

Per the report, the beloved Full House actor had posterior scalp abrasions, subgaleal hemorrhage (which is blood that forms between skull and scalp), discoloration in the upper and lower eyelids due to skull fracture, subdural hematoma (which is a buildup of blood on the surface of the brain) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (which is bleeding in the space that surrounds the brain).

Saget was also COVID-19 positive at the time of his death, according to the autopsy.

Though Saget did not have any illicit drugs or toxins in his system, the report stated that he was taking the prescription drug clonazepam, which treats seizures, panic disorder, and anxiety.

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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."

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"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," Stephany stated. "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."

At the time, the Orange County Sherriff's Department also told PEOPLE "the case is still open" regarding the investigation into Saget's death.

 

[Seattle1]

We have both the cause and manner of death signed off by the Chief Medical Examiner of Orange County: Cause of Death - Blunt force Trauma; Manner of Death - Accident. A toxicology analysis did not reveal any illicit drugs or toxins.

https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Office-of-the-Orange-County-Medical-Examiner.pdf

 

[IceIce9]

Or, he called his family and told them of the fall. They thought he went to sleep but he went unconscious from the injury damage. I know many people who fall or hit their head and minimize it because it is embarrassing to what happened out loud.

The post he made on Twitter at 3:42 am is interesting. Did he post before or after he suffered head injuries?

 

[jjenny]

Now saying several skull fractures at the base of his neck?

One of his friends that was interviewed right after he died said that Bob had covid 2 weeks before. Paraphrasing but Bob said to him that covid was no fun but he was passed it.

This is odd.

He was still covid positive at the time of death. One can remain positive if tested by PCR for quite some time.

 

[jjenny]

How do you get that kind of injury? I get the countercoup injury, but he had injuries all over the head.

Yes, this sounds like a severe head injury. Skull fracture too. From what was originally reported I thought it was a more minor injury.

 

[MimosaMornings]

The post he made on Twitter at 3:42 am is interesting. Did he post before or after he suffered head injuries?

Wonder when he took the meds? Those have a sedative type effect?

 

[killarney rose]

I take an anti anxiety RX and have klonopin to take as needed for break through anxiety. Mine is a low dose that I don’t take often. The only effects I feel when I take the klonopin is that the anxiety goes away. I can’t say how Saget felt, as we don’t know how often he took it, or the dosage, but I’m sure a higher dose could lead to drowsiness.

 

[happyday]

I take an anti anxiety RX and have klonopin to take as needed for break through anxiety. Mine is a low dose that I don’t take often. The only effects I feel when I take the klonopin is that the anxiety goes away. I can’t say how Saget felt, as we don’t know how often he took it, or the dosage, but I’m sure a higher dose could lead to drowsiness.

It could be the combination of going to sleep super late w/these meds made him really groggy and maybe he got up in the night to go to the bathroom in an unfamiliar hotel room, and tripped on something or got dizzy and fell in the bathroom with all those hard surfaces. It’s just so strange how he sounded perfectly normal right up until 3:42am with his happy tweet! I’ve heard doctors on tv saying maybe he hit his head before he even got back to the hotel so they need to investigate cctv footage in garage etc. But to me it sounds like such a catastrophic blow that I bet he got hurt after the 3:42am tweet. Like in the early morning hours. Who knows?

 

[annemc2]

Yes, this sounds like a severe head injury. Skull fracture too. From what was originally reported I thought it was a more minor injury.

Yeah, I was thinking it was one of those freak things where the head gets injured in juuuust the right spot to cause a horrible bleed. Then I thought he must have been on anticoagulants for some reason but apparently not.

I don't know enough to analyze the injuries but wow this was a big blow to the head. I wonder if he hit something on the way down (likely on the right side) with some force, like a table. To have occipital, temporal, and frontal skull fractures there would have to be quite a bit of force. Not to mention the bilateral frontal and temporal contrecoup contusions.

So he hit his skull at the base more on the right side so hard that it caused fractures along the whole side. Both left and right sides of the frontal area of the brain hit the forehead and temple areas hard enough for the brain to get bruised opposite the area of injury. Is that right? Because that is one hell of a fall.

As for the clonazepam, I also take it for anxiety/travel. I've taken up to 1 mg at a time and it doesn't even make me drowsy, just less anxious.