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Bob Saget quietly reached out to family of little girl suffering from rare illness
Bob Saget, who died shockingly over the weekend at the age of 65, was a vocal advocate for a cure for Scleroderma.The rare autoimmune illness claimed the life of his sister Gay in 1994, and since then he energetically raised money for theScleroderma Research Foundation.And even in private he movingly reached out to provide comfort to a little girl with the illness, her family revealed to TMZ. Giving back:Bob Saget, who died shockingly over the weekend at the age of 65, was a vocal advocate for a cure for Scleroderma; seen in DecemberScleroderma affects the skin and connective tissue, as well as internal organs, when the body starts producing excessive amounts of collagen.The skin hardens and tightens, with scarring and inflammation potentially occurring elsewhere too, according to the American College Of Rheumatology.