"Bob Saget was the older wiser 'me' for nine years on How I Met Your Mother," tweeted cast member Josh Radnor.
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He left the college but stayed in Los Angeles and shifted to stand-up comedy, which led to small roles in TV and film before he found success with "Full House." He also appeared in some episodes of the sitcom's "Fuller House" 2016-20 sequel and was heard as the narrator on "How I Met Your Mother," which ran for nine seasons on CBS. He graduated Temple University and enrolled briefly in the University of Southern California to study film. Saget was born in Philadelphia on May 17, 1956, to Benjamin, a supermarket executive, and Rosalyn, who worked in hospital administration. He said he found himself repeatedly fielding questions about his habit of playing sitcom widowers, and had a ready response: "(Kevin) Costner does three, four baseball movies and that's OK. That year, Saget took another pass at playing a widowed dad with winsome kids on the short-lived sitcom "Raising Dad." It had its heightened reality, a glossy Willy Wonka quality to it," he told The Associated Press in a 2001 interview. "'Full House' was a loving kind of show but obviously over the top. Saget, as amiable and droll in an interview as he was on TV screens, took the brickbats in stride. The show's popularity didn't deter critics, some calling it cheesy and others deeming it unreal. We are deeply saddened that he is no longer with us but know that he will continue to be by our side to guide us as gracefully as he always has," the Olsens said in a joint statement. "Bob was the most loving, compassionate and generous man. He hosted the family friendly "America's Funniest Home Videos" and played the squeaky clean widower and dad to three young girls on "Full House," the ABC sitcom that also brought fame to Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley when it debuted in 1987. Raunchy comedy wasn't part of his long-running network TV shows. Saget the stand-up showed his flip side with what become a much-talked-about cameo in the 2005 documentary "The Aristocrats" - in which 100 comics riffed on the world's dirtiest joke - that revealed his notoriously filthy sense of humor. Though we ask for privacy at this time, we invite you to join us in remembering the love and laughter that Bob brought to the world." In a statement Sunday, Saget's family members said they are "devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today. "In often a ruthless business he was historically not just hilarious but more importantly one of the kindest human beings I ever met in my career," actor Richard Lewis wrote on Twitter.