Bob Saget's widow Kelly Rizzo asks Elon Musk to verify the late comedian's Twitter

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Kelly Rizzo is reaching out to Twitter CEO Elon Musk with a special request that her late husband Bob Saget be verified.The 43-year-old TV host shared a public plea to the 51-year-old Tesla angel investor on Monday, which marked the one-year anniversary of the comedians untimely death at 65.Rizzo tweeted that her late husband was no longer verified, and screenshots of his old tweets indicate that he was previously verified.His account appears to have lost its verified status more recently, presumably after Musk-mandated changes to the verification system allowed users to pay $8 to $11 per month for the status and special features.

Request: Kelly Rizzo tweeted at Elon Musk on Monday — the one-year anniversary of her husband Bob Saget's death — to request that his Twitter account be verified; pictured in 2018Although Musk, who was formerly the world's richest man, instituted the paid tier to raise revenue for the social media platform after he paid around $44 billion for it, several companies, media outlets and prominent figures have kept check marks indicating that they are reliable or notable accounts.

However, Saget's posthumous account appears to have been stripped of his status in the chaos.  'Hi @elonmusk -today on the 1 year anniversary of Bob’s (@bobsaget ) passing, I saw he’s no longer verified?