This term refers to the abnormal separation of tissues within the walls of the aorta. "Dr. Lee said: 'No, there's no time. Zach Braff, who worked with Ritter on Scrubs, called Ritter a "comic hero" of his and said he had approached series creator Bill Lawrence to get Ritter to play his character J.D. Problem Child 3: Junior in Love. Mercenary. Ritter played the lead character Paul Hennessy, the father of two teenage daughters, Bridget (Cuoco) and Kerry (Amy Davidson). Defense attorneys have told the jury that neither doctor was responsible for Ritter's death and that the body scan two years earlier showed his aorta was of normal size and there was no sign it would dissect. Reports reveal Noah Ritter shared a recent photo of himself wearing a hat and sporting a mustache and chin hair. [23] In 2008, at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the jury concluded that the doctors who treated Ritter the day he died were not negligent and thus were not responsible for his death. Name: John Ritter ( Jonathan Southworth Ritter ) Born: September 17, 1948 Age: 54 years old Died: September 11, 2003 Birthplace: Burbank, USA Height: 5 Feet 11 Inches Occupation: actor, film producer, film director Tags: film, producer, actor More info: show Wikipedia IMDb 0.0 /5 ( 0 votes) Content: show John Ritter: biography Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Celebrities including Kaley Cuoco remembered actor John Ritter in a special on ABC last night. The beloved actor and comedian died on Sept. 11, 2003, from an undiagnosed heart condition. John Ritter: Death, Age. RAMEY PHOTO AGENCY/Mega. Comic actor John Ritter died on his daughter's 5th birthday in September 2003. While performing an emergency cardiac catheterization, Lee found the large aortic dissection and realized his mistake, but it was too late. Yasbeck worked with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to establish the John Ritter Research Program in Aortic and Vascular Diseases with the goal of preventing premature deaths due to aortic dissection by identifying genetic mutations that predispose individuals to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. Average Age & Life Expectancy John A Ritter lived 8 years longer than the average Ritter family member when he died at the age of 82. Beloved actor John Ritter died of an aortic dissection in 2003 after falling ill on the set of ABC's "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter." Actor Kaley Cuoco and Ritter starred in. John Ritter's Sudden And Tragic 2003 Death Explained 90 Day Fiance's Hamza's Green Card Status 'Battle' Amid Memphis Divorce, '90 Day Fiance' Star Memphis Smith Alleges Hamza Moknii Was 'Abusive', 90 Day's Hamza Requested Paternity Test for Daughter Amid Memphis Split, Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Life in Prison After Guilty Verdict, Sister Wives Star Janelle Browns Home Is Fit For a Large Family: Photos, Baby Girl!