00:00Well, you're certainly one of the warmest applause tracks I've ever appeared before.
00:05Popular sitcom star John Ritter passed away last night at the age of 54.
00:11John Ritter shot to fame in 70s sitcom Three's Company.
00:16He was electric.
00:18Electric.
00:20His physical comedy was brilliant.
00:23Adored by fans and friends alike, John's superpower was to be kind.
00:27John would do anything for you.
00:29He struck gold again in his 50s with sitcom Eight Simple Rules.
00:33He was an ABC star in the 70s and he became an ABC star again in the 2000s.
00:38But the pressure of being back on top took its toll.
00:41He needed to keep his health up.
00:46John lived his life on the edge.
00:49He was plagued and hid a deadly secret.
00:52My father once told us, don't let people know you're sick.
00:56The 54-year-old was rushed to a nearby hospital after falling ill on the set of his new sitcom.
01:02And it went downhill extremely quickly.
01:04Just like that magic trick where you light the paper that goes and it's gone.
01:10John Ritter died on the operating room table as surgeons fought to fix a tear in the main artery of his body.
01:17His relative youth and reputation as a fit physical performer seems at odds with such a sudden death.
01:24So what caused that fatal tear in John's aorta?
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