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Feb 7, 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...
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Aug 24, 2021 · Ritter died from an undetected flaw in his heart called an aortic dissection in 2003. He was 54 years old at the time of his death. An aortic dissection refers to "an abnormal separation of tissues within the walls of the aorta, the large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body," writes WebMD .
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.
YearTitleRoleNotes1967ContestantSelected as the "Winning Bachelor"1968Crazy World, Crazy PeopleVarious charactersTV special1970Coley SmithEpisode: "Quadrangle for Death"1971Ryan Moore, Mike Welles2 episodesAug 26, 2021 · John Ritter died from an undiagnosed and undetected heart flaw called an aortic dissection. He was just six days from his 55th birthday when he fell ill while rehearsing lines on...
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Sep 12, 2003 · Doctors described the cause of death as "dissection of the aorta," resulting from an unrecognized, undetectable flaw in the heart valve, according to Ritter’s media representatives. His career spanned thirty years of stage, movies and television.
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Sep 12, 2003 · The cause of death was a tear in the aorta, the result of an unrecognized flaw in his heart, said his publicist, Lisa Kasteler.
The actor’s cause of death was an aortic dissection, a condition involving a tear in the wall of the aorta. A tear can lead to life-threatening internal bleeding, among other...
