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Feb 7, 2024 · John Ritter died of an undetected aortic dissection, a tear in the main artery, in 2003. His wife, Amy Yasbeck, founded the John Ritter Foundation to raise awareness and share "Ritter rules" to prevent misdiagnosis.
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Yasbeck accused Lee, who treated Ritter on the day of his death, of misdiagnosing his condition as a heart attack and Lotysch, who had given him a full-body scan two years earlier, of failing at that time to detect an enlargement of Ritter's aorta.
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Aug 26, 2021 · John Ritter died in 2003 from an aortic dissection, a rare and often misdiagnosed heart condition. His wife and family sued two doctors for negligence and formed a foundation to raise awareness about the disease.
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Oct 11, 2022 · John Ritter suddenly fell ill on set in Burbank, California on September 11, 2003, and died hours later of an aortic dissection. The sitcom star's family believes a simple chest X-ray could have saved his life.
Sep 13, 2003 · John Ritter, who played the lovably goofy closet heterosexual Jack Tripper in the television comedy series ''Three's Company,'' a smash hit in the 1970's, died on Thursday night in Burbank,...
Sep 12, 2003 · John Ritter died of a heart problem after falling ill on the set of his new TV sitcom in 2003. He was best known for his role in "Three's Company" and had a long career in comedy and drama.
Feb 8, 2024 · Ritter's official cause of death was an undetected aortic dissection, when the body's main artery, aka the aorta, tears. However, doctors initially thought the actor was experiencing a...
