'And he was always willing to lend his shoulder.' 'As a community with a life-threatening, rare disease, we face a lot of losses, and he was always there for people,' she said.
'No one should have to suffer as Gay did, which is why I'm committed to finding a cure and a proud board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation.' 'My heart goes out to all who have lost a loved one to this disease,' Saget wrote. 9, prior to Saget's death, the 'Full House' star wrote about his passion for the cause. In a post shared by the foundation on Jan. It was hard for her to get diagnosed, which was much more common in those days, in the 90s, and there were fewer options and there was less understanding,' Wright told ' Good Morning America.' 'It did motivate him a lot to try to bring awareness to the disease and to help drive research and awareness to make sure that that didn’t happen again.' 'Bob felt that his sister did not have a good medical experience. She had scleroderma, which fueled Saget's longtime quest to find a cure for the disease, according to Deann Wright, a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF), of which Saget was also a board member. 9, on what would have been the 75th birthday of his late sister, Gay.
As Bog Saget is remembered by his friends and co-stars, one memory that stands out is his commitment to finding a cure for scleroderma, a rare disease for which Saget was the most high-profile advocate.
