Bob Saget's wife has asked Twitter CEO Elon Musk to re-verify her the late comedian's account, exactly one year after his tragic death.
The 65-year-old died after being found unresponsive at the Ritz-Carlton in Florida on January 9, 2022 while on a comedy tour.
As previously reported, his final cause of death was listed as blunt head trauma, having hit his head in the hotel. According to a statement, the Pennsylvania native had "thought nothing of it," and had then gone to sleep, eventually passing away.
He was best known for his role in Full House, being the narrating voice on How I Met Your Mother and the original host of America's Funniest Home Videos.
Following his death his daughter Lara Saget paid tribute to her late father in an Instagram post, writing: "My dad recently said that all he wanted to do was to make people laugh and to spread kindness and love. For me, to honor him is to live that. No matter what life throws, be kind and love fully. And tell people how much I love them. Always."
His widow, Kelly Rizzo, recently took to Twitter to ask whether Musk - who took over the social media platform in a $44 billion deal on October 27 - would be able to re-verify her late husband's account on Twitter again.
"Hi [Elon Musk] -today on the 1 year anniversary of Bob's [...] passing, I saw he's no longer verified? My husband truly loved Twitter. Out of respect for his legacy, can something be done? Thank you kindly [...] (friends, please help)," she had written.
She then added: "And the only reason I'm addressing this at all is because I know Bob would be very bummed about this. He'd say 'hey, if someone goes to see my page and all the jokes I've tweeted over the years, how will they know it's for sure me!?'"
So far, Musk has not responded to the Tweets, something Rizzo mentioned further. "Well at least I tried [...]," she wrote. "But this does start a good conversation that maybe there should be a special type of check for notable figures who were verified who have passed on. Thoughts [Elon Musk]? (In which case… Bob please?)", she added in a separate tweet.
Currently, the social media platform doesn't have a way to commemorate the accounts of deceased figures. In fact, the only option available for those users is for verified family members to request that the account is deleted altogether.
