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His wife, Kelly Rizzo, told \"Good Morning America\" last month that he \"wanted to spread love and laughter.\"

\"He was just so wonderful and I was just so honored to be his wife and to be able to be a part of it and bring him any bit of happiness that I could because he deserved it so much,\" said Rizzo, who had been married to Saget since 2018.

The night before he died, Saget did a show at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Jacksonville, Florida.

Rizzo said that in her last conversation with her husband, while on his way back to the hotel following the show, he \"was telling me what a wonderful show he had and how it was so amazing.\"

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In the wake of his passing, Saget's friends have helped raise awareness for a cause that was very special to him -- the Scleroderma Research Foundation. Saget's sister Gay died from the autoimmune disease at the age of 47 in 1994.

Saget's \"Full House\" co-star Candace Cameron Bure shared a sweatshirt that reads \"Love Like Jesus Hug Like Bob Saget\" in support of the foundation. His close friend, singer John Mayer, also helped design a hoodie benefitting the foundation.

The Scleroderma Research Foundation is matching donations up to $1.5 million in honor of Saget.

\"In the weeks since Bob's passing, we have been overwhelmed with the incredible outpouring of love from Bob's fans, which has been a great comfort to us and for which we are eternally grateful,\" his family said Wednesday.

Saget is survived by Rizzo and his three daughters from his first marriage to Sherri Kramer.

Jason Nathanson reports for ABC Audio:

ABC News' Cleo Andreadis contributed to this report.

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