Orange County medical examiner releases statement on Bob Saget’s cause of death

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Orange County medical examiner released a statement on Thursday, ruling comedian Bob Saget’s death in an Orlando hotel last month as accidental.

Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany said in a statement that an autopsy revealed that Saget died of blunt force trauma.

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“In consideration of the circumstances surrounding the death and after examination of the body, toxicology analysis, histology, and a respiratory pathogen panel, it is my opinion that the death of Mr. Saget, was the result of blunt head trauma,” Stephany wrote.

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Saget, 65, was found unresponsive on Jan. 9 in a hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Stephany said Saget’s injuries were most likely incurred from an “unwitnessed fall.” He said a toxicology analysis did not show any illicit drugs or toxins in Saget’s system.

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Photos: Bob Saget through the years

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Bob Saget Bob Saget arrives at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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