John Stamos Honors Bob Saget on What Would Have Been His 70th

Four years after losing one of his closest friends, John Stamos reached back into memory this week to mark what would have been Bob Saget’s 70th birthday. The Full House alum, now 62, shared a series of photos and video clips on Instagram that captured moments between the two friends—including what Stamos described as the“last pic”taken before Saget’s unexpected death in January 2022.

That final photograph tells its own story: Saget standing beside his widow, Kelly Rizzo, with Stamos and his wife, Caitlin McHugh, posed together against an ocean sunset. It’s a snapshot of friendship and family in one frame, which makes the caption Stamos chose—simply“Last pic”—hit harder than any lengthy tribute could. He paired it with a reflection on their tradition:“We used to throw each other great birthday parties. Your 70th today would’ve been epic! I miss you and love you.”

The loss still reverberates through the Full House family. Saget died at Orlando’s Ritz-Carlton on January 9, 2022, from head trauma after an accidental fall. In the immediate aftermath, Stamos shared his raw grief on social media:“I am broken. I am gutted. I am in complete and utter shock. I will never ever have another friend like him.”

What’s striking about Stamos’s approach to grief is how he’s chosen to process it publicly—not with grand gestures, but with the kind of small, specific details that keep friendships alive. In a July 2024 appearance on Dave Coulier’s“Full House Rewind”podcast, Stamos revealed that the night Saget died, he turned to the audio version of Saget’s 2014 book Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian. Something about hearing his friend’s voice—even filtered through the irreverent humor Saget was known for—provided comfort. Stamos listened to it every night for weeks.

That’s the kind of thing that doesn’t make headlines but speaks volumes about what real friendship looks like when loss leaves you scrambling for anything to hold onto. A birthday post might seem like a small gesture in a digital age, but for Stamos, it’s how he keeps Saget present—by remembering the good times, the epic parties, and the man who made him laugh even when grief threatened to overtake everything else.