What we've learned about John Ritter since he died

[TMC]

https://www.looper.com/146245/what-w...since-he-died/

John Ritter scored the only Emmy Award of his career in 1984, when he won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on Three's Company. Soon after bringing the award home, the star's then 4-year-old son broke his trophy.

"My dad's Emmy was on the shelf, and I remember sort of playing with it," Jason Ritter admitted in a conversation with People. "I'm not 100 percent sure if I broke it, or what, but it definitely was broken at a certain point… I definitely have guilty feelings and memories about it, so I think I did break it a little bit. Just the tip of the wing."

Jason's own acting career has garnered two Emmy nominations, though he has yet to score a win. If does end up bringing home an Emmy one day, he'll no doubt be keeping an eye on his own little one. The actor and his fiancee, actress Melanie Lynskey, welcomed their first child in December of 2018.

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[SitcomsHeydayfan]

We learned he didn't take care of his health and didn't get regular heart checkups like he should've! If he did that and got the preventive surgery his brother did he would've likely lived!

[JSP]

It could very well be aortic dissection is something that can’t really be anticipated or prevented.

Most people don’t go into open-heart surgery unless it’s a life or death situation. Think about it - who has the money to pay for open heart surgery on a non-urgent basis? I agree we cannot necessarily blame John for what happened to himself. Not sure any of us would have acted differently if we were in his shoes.

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

I have to comment on this because my husband passed away on January 14th from a ruptured aortic dissection which is what John Ritter died from. My husband took very good care of his health as he had undergone a kidney transplant in 1993. He went to the doctor regularly and although he ate and drank more than he should have, he was very conscious about his health and he worked out every day at work, even when he was working long hours.

According to my research the only way to discover aortic dissection is by autopsy. I can't believe I'm not sobbing while I type this but I don't think that John was entirely to blame for what happened to him.
Unfortunately I'm not as financially well off as his wife was and can't take anyone to court, nor would I think of doing that. I mean, it won't bring him back.



Sorry for the rant and my intention wasn't to bash anyone. It's just that one of the answers on this thread just hit me kind of hard.



Carry on.

It was in the court filings that John didn't follow up with his doctors as instructed. His family lost one lawsuit and won the other one involving his care on the day he actually died because they mistook an aortic dissection for a heart attack.

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by JSP

It could very well be aortic dissection is something that can’t really be anticipated or prevented.

Most people don’t go into open-heart surgery unless it’s a life or death situation. Think about it - who has the money to pay for open heart surgery on a non-urgent basis? I agree we cannot necessarily blame John for what happened to himself. Not sure any of us would have acted differently if we were in his shoes.

Not true. There is a preventive scan & follow up surgery that can detect & fix a potential aortic tear forming. John's brother had the surgery and is still alive!

I remember many years ago Amy Yasbeck said several people had gone to get checked after John's death and then had surgery to prevent an aortic dissection!

John's Aortic foundation is below:

http://johnritterfoundation.org

[king of comedy]

Imagine if he had taken better care of himself, his show would have lasted 4 more years.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by king of comedy

Imagine if he had taken better care of himself, his show would have lasted 4 more years.

I'm not 100% comfortable with if you want to call it "victim blaming" when a celebrity or anybody close to you dies. Hindsight is 20/20, of course it's easy and natural to quickly say "Well, if he hadn't done this or that, he would still be alive!" We generally try not to think too hardly about how we can prevent ourselves from dying (like saying away from vices like smoking and alcohol) because we live "in the now".

I don't know what John Ritter's situation was before his death. I would like to believe that if he was aware that had take care of heart, it wasn't going to be an issue until he actually started feeling sick. In that case, maybe he felt that he didn't need to take care of it since in his mind, he was at the time "perfectly OK". Or maybe he didn't want to see a doctor because he was worried about being told something that he didn't want to hear. And in return, it would become too much of a hassle to change his lifestyle (especially at his age).

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by TMC

I'm not 100% comfortable with if you want to call it "victim blaming" when a celebrity or anybody close to you dies. Hindsight is 20/20, of course it's easy and natural to quickly say "Well, if he hadn't done this or that, he would still be alive!" We generally try not to think too hardly about how we can prevent ourselves from dying (like saying away from vices like smoking and alcohol) because we live "in the now".

I don't know what John Ritter's situation was before his death. I would like to believe that if he was aware that had take care of heart, it wasn't going to be an issue until he actually started feeling sick. In that case, maybe he felt that he didn't need to take care of it since in his mind, he was at the time "perfectly OK". Or maybe he didn't want to see a doctor because he was worried about being told something that he didn't want to hear. And in return, it would become too much of a hassle to change his lifestyle (especially at his age).

Actually the reporting & court filings in this say otherwise. John did NOT follow up with his cardiologist like he was told to. If he did the doctor would've likely found his aortic defect. I also don't know if took medication for his high blood pressure or if he skipped doses.

But I do agree that most men don't like going to the doctor & John was no different. However John KNEW he had a history of heart disease in his family(his dad died from it) so he should've been more diligent in taking care of his heart health.

He wasn't & he paid the ULTIMATE price!!

[TMC]

Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

It was in the court filings that John didn't follow up with his doctors as instructed. His family lost one lawsuit and won the other one involving his care on the day he actually died because they mistook an aortic dissection for a heart attack.

What basically happened to John (if you want to describe what an aortic dissection is in layman's terms) is that the lining of his heart muscles wore down to the point where blood basically tore his heart's walls apart.

[Babalu]

Originally Posted by king of comedy

Imagine if he had taken better care of himself, his show would have lasted 4 more years.

Wow, forget he might have lived 30 more years. The really important thing is show would have lasted 4 more years.

[Yong Fang]

Originally Posted by Babalu

Wow, forget he might have lived 30 more years. The really important thing is show would have lasted 4 more years.

I don't know John Ritter but how he doed was because of his life? Maybr, I dont know him. I think if he was an alcoholic or drug addict, this would have been known. Maybe hewas.

But to me the way doed was basically his heart fell apart. this is how died.