Bob Saget’s widow denied claims that her husband was unwell the night he died and supported the report that he died after a fall and hit his head.
“The tapes released tell the whole story – that is, Bob died after falling and hitting his head in his hotel room,” lawyer Brian H. Bieber told Page Six Thursday on behalf of Kelly Rizzo.
“Now that the medical examiner’s and police department’s documents have been made public after their thorough investigation, the Saget family would appreciate some privacy to mourn in peace.”
Rosalie Kochchi, 37, a Ponte Vedra concert hall employee who ran errands for the performers of the latest Full House comedy show, told Orange County, Florida police that Saget told her about his hearing with “unplugged.” and that he had “a sore throat” before taking the stage on 8 January.
Bob Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo (right), denied claims that her husband was not feeling well the night he died and supported the report that he died after falling and hitting his head. She and Saget pictured in June 2021.
Hours later, Saget was found dead in his room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande.
Forensic experts believe he either fell and injured himself in his carpeted bedroom or marble-tiled bathroom.
There was no blood in the room or bathroom, and the headboard of his bed was soft, which led to incessant speculation about how exactly Saget managed to hurt himself so badly and in a way that ultimately killed him.
“He said his hearing was turned off and that was that night. He asked the sound engineers to make everything louder,” she told investigators, according to an audio recording of the interview released Wednesday by investigators.
‘As well as [he said] that he had been ill the night before—he had bad hearing and had a sore throat. He was happy that he had lollipops for the stage.”
Kochi said that Saget told her he was suffering from a “prolonged COVID” that “was taking a long time to heal.”
Bob Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, stood by a medical examiner’s autopsy on her husband’s death, dismissing claims that COVID-19 may have played a role. Saget is pictured with the hotel’s valet in his last photo, taken minutes before he retired to his hotel room before being found dead there a few hours later.
According to Kochi, “I heard him say, ‘I don’t feel well, but I’m ready to perform.’ That’s why I do it. He seemed to be talking to himself.
But once he took the stage, she told police, the comedian “seemed fine” and “made jokes” during his two-hour performance.
Showrunner Rosalie Kochi, 37, told investigators that Saget complained about his health ahead of his last show.
“He didn’t sweat, he didn’t miss a second, he didn’t slur anything… he came out very energetic,” she said.
A few days before his death, Saget opened up about having Covid 19 on a podcast: “It’s not good, it’s not good.”
Saget was found dead in room 963 of the Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande at around 4:00 pm the next day. Earlier this week, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department released photos of the room.
He was last seen alive when he entered his room on the ninth floor of the hotel at 2:17 am on January 9, hung a “Do Not Disturb” sign on the doorknob and locked the door behind him, according to video footage from the hotel.
Saget’s autopsy report confirmed that the actor tested positive for COVID after his death. However, the diagnosis played no role in the actor’s sudden death, according to an autopsy report released last month by Orange County Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Stephanie.
The report notes that “no evidence of acute or chronic inflammation was found on microscopy.”
The backstage crew of his last performance at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Florida, told investigators that Saget told them he felt unwell.
This diagram shows all of the injuries Saget received leading to his death from a cerebral hemorrhage.
“Given the circumstances of death, and after examination of the body, toxicological analysis, microscopic analysis, testing of a group of respiratory pathogens, bilateral lung cultures, and post-mortem computed tomography, I believe that the death of Robert Saget, a 65-year-old white male found unconscious in a hotel room, is the result of blunt trauma to the head,” the report said.
“It is most likely that the deceased accidentally fell on his back and hit the back of his head. The way of death is an accident.
Authorities have ruled out foul play in his death and believe the 65-year-old slipped and hit his head on either the headboard or the carpet on the floor in the early hours of 9 January.
Crime scene photos show the inside of room 962 at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando where sold-out legend Bob Saget died.
Authorities ruled out foul play in his death, and initially believed the 65-year-old fell hitting his head on the marble floor in his hotel room’s bathroom, but were unable to find confirmatory DNA on the bathroom surfaces.
The police cataloged every surface and object in Room 962 at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grand Lakes as they searched for anything that could have caused Full House legend Saget’s skull to fracture. Saget’s bedside table displays his iPhone, iPad, glasses, AirPods, chapstick and more.
The image cache includes a shot of the comedian’s upholstered headboard, as well as his shower, bathtub, desk, and minibar.
They initially stated that they believed the stand-up comedian received a fatal blow when he hit the back of his head on the headboard of his hotel bed, despite medical experts saying his injuries were so severe they could have been the result of being hit by a gun. . baseball bat or 30 feet fall.
Investigators told People magazine that they believe Saget passed out in the hotel bathroom and fell to the white marble floor.
At some point, Saget apparently came to his senses and made his way to the bed, where he collapsed a second time and died. The time of his death is estimated at about 4 am.
Saget’s widow Kelly Rizzo appeared on Good Morning America last month to share her grief. She also referred to her late husband’s Covid attack, downplaying it as “nothing serious.”
She burst into tears when she said that he had no health problems.
“All I’ll point to is his last post where he said he feels like he’s 26,” she said, referring to his last Instagram post.