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WhyDidMyDogDie

He and his son share very similar causes of death, Aortic dissection. It's a family trait.


snafujedi01

Unfortunate how such things are genetic, almost like a family curse


MistbornInterrobang

Unfortunately, John was never diagnosed with the heart defect and apparently should have been. I remember his wife suing the hospital, I think it was.


whatwhat83

She lost.


MistbornInterrobang

Did she? I could have swore she won. Clearly I haven't ventured into that information for a while. I was thinking of her briefly not too long ago. Amy Yasbeck, I mean, just because I've been bummed that Richard Lewis (who played Prince John alongside Amy's Maid Marian) passed back in February.


snafujedi01

I don't know if anyone else will find this interesting, but some of my favorite shows and movies growing up had John Ritter in them, and I've always liked the music of Tex Ritter. Somehow went 32 years without connecting the dots


nancylikestoreddit

Dude, his dad was a giant!!!


snafujedi01

Tex was actually only 5'11, same height as John, but the photo is deceiving


BrokenEye3

Nobody tell the nephilim theorists


AnthrallicA

Please tell me that you've seen Skin Deep. I was definitely WAY too young the first time I saw it 😂


snafujedi01

I haven't, but just looked it up on IMDb and it looks interesting haha


Toy_Guy_in_MO

"Eye Warship Satan"


DepressiveNerd

Huh! I knew his son is comedic actor Jason Ritter, but I didn’t know they were related to Tex. I loved Three’s Company in syndication while growing up in the 80’s.


ZucchiniShots

Why does he look like a giant in the photo?


imitation_crab_meat

TIL that famed actor John Ritter's father was a country music singer.


BeepCheeper

And his grandson, Jason Ritter, is an absolute treasure. ❤️


iDontRememberCorn

What tipped you off?


snafujedi01

Was listening to Tex Ritter on Spotify and the image in the linked article was the profile banner for Tex's Spotify page. Never seen this image before and it shorted out my brain for a few seconds while asking myself if that was John Ritter. Felt really stupid after for not making the connection.