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. She lost her life to scleroderma when she was 47. 9, Saget wrote, 'Today would have been my sister Gay's 75th birthday. In an Instagram post shared by the SRF early on Jan. Saget, who was already involved with the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) before his sister knew she had the disease, made it one of his 'life's missions' to raise money and research for the foundation after Gay's passing. 9 would have been his older sister's 75th birthday, but the former school teacher from Philadelphia died in 1994 following her scleroderma diagnosis. 9, Bob Saget paid tribute to one of the most important people in his life: his late sister, Gay.Īs it turns out, Jan. Hours before news of his death broke on Jan.
