Preview: Bob Saget sat down last month with Dr. LaPook for an interview that will air on 'CBS Mornings' on Friday, January 14.
Weeks before his death, Bob Saget opened up to CBS News about how laughter helped him through the best and worst of times.
In an in-depth interview airing Friday, Saget spoke to CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, who was a good friend. He reflected on making people laugh when he was just 4 years old. "I would dance in the living room and just start dancing, dancing stupid to make anybody laugh - just like silent film stars," Saget said."And I knew some jokes, but it wasn't really jokes. It was just like; I've got to perform. I've got to make people laugh.""It truly helped me survive and it helped keep me mentally alive, rather than letting it destroy me," he added.
He also spoke to LaPook about his mission to raise awareness of scleroderma, the disease that took the life of Saget's sister. Saget helped raise more than $26 million for the Scleroderma Research Foundation, with the
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