Actor and comedian John Ritter (September 17, 1948 - September 11, 2003) was born in Burbank, California. His father was singing cowboy Tex Ritter. Although he was best known for playing Jack Tripper on Three's Company, a weekly television sitcom in the 1980s, he majored in psychology and minored in architecture at the University of Southern California. He was married to actress Nancy Morgan for 19 years, and they had three children. Three years after the divorce was final, he married Amy Yasbeck, and they had one daughter. He died of a previously undiagnosed aortic dissection.
Recommended Resources
Carla's Fan Page for John Ritter
Written by a John Ritter fan for other fans, this site is about the star. It also promotes his wife, Amy's book about him and his life as well as details about aortic health.
http://www.fluffytails.ca/johnritter.asp
This fan site seeks to celebrate the live and career of the late John Ritter and to that end offers DVDs and links to free airings of his last series, "8 Simple Rules," and other shows.
http://www.john.ritter.talktalk.net/welcome.htm
The John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health
This charitable foundation which is for research and education about the condition which killed John Ritter, aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm.
http://johnritterfoundation.org/
