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I've seen this commercial for DQ recently and each time, the actor who plays the game show contestant, reminds me of John Ritter/Jack Tripper.I was wondering if anyone knows if he is John Ritters son? Or if anyone sees the similarities of Jack Tripper? Youtube

2 Doctors Cleared in John Ritter's Death By LINDA DEUTSCH,AP GLENDALE, Calif. (March 14) - A jury cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist Friday of negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of actor John Ritter, who died of a torn aorta in 2003. Jurors said the majority believed the cardiologist summoned to the hospital after Ritter was diagnosed with a heart attack had no time to order a chest X-ray that might have found the tear. They also said the radiologist, who gave Ritter a body scan two years earlier, did advise Ritter of coronary problems and to consult other...

The family of John Ritter has reached a tentative settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against a Southern California hospital where the actor died. That's according to an attorney for Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. He declined to disclose details of the settlement. Hearings will be held to finalize the agreement, with the next court session set for Friday. Ritter's widow, actress Amy Yasbeck, has claimed damages in excess of $25 million. Ritter, star of the sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," collapsed on the set of the TV show in 2003. The 54-year-old actor...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The wife and daughter of actor John Ritter, who collapsed and died suddenly of heart problems a year ago, have sued the hospital where he was treated, claiming that doctors misdiagnosed his condition. Ritter, 54, collapsed on the set of his series "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter" on Sept. 12 last year and died the same day in a Burbank hospital across from the studio where he had been working. The cause of death was given as a tearing of a major coronary artery stemming from a condition he never knew he had. Ritter's...

I will try my very best to keep this short, and barring that, coherent! I watched the first of the the last three original episodes of "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" tonight, and I am sadder than ever that John Ritter has gone to his reward. But I have a new enthusiasm for the show continuing, because I am amazed at the message that was made an explicit part of the story tonight. The Parents (John Ritter & Katy Sagal, and I'm sorry but I do not know the characters' names) think that the wife may be...

I MET JOHN RITTER for the first time two-and-a-half years ago when he and Henry Winkler were ending their hit run on Broadway in "The Dinner Party." The rest of the cast, the great Len Cariou, Penny Fuller, Jan Maxwell, and Veanne Cox were staying with it, and Neil Simon offered Jon Lovitz and me the chance to step in for Henry and John, which, as you may imagine, took almost three tenths of a second to accept. Lovitz and I went to see it as soon as we got to New York and went up to the dressing rooms...

Stars Johnny Cash, John Ritter Die September 12, 2003The entertainment world received a double shock today, with the deaths of country music giant Johnny Cash and comic actor John Ritter. Cash, a singer and songwriter, whose work sparked a revival of American country and western music, died early today of complications from diabetes, according to officials at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. He was 71. Cash, who suffered the loss of his beloved wife June Carter Cash in May, had been hospitalized for two weeks with an unspecified stomach ailment, but had been released from Baptist Hospital in Nashville on...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy award-winning actor John Ritter, who gained fame playing bumbling and lovable characters in a pair of television comedies decades apart, has died suddenly due to a previously undetected arterial problem, his representatives said on Friday. Ritter, who was 54, collapsed on Thursday evening while filming "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," the ABC television comedy which had reinvigorated his career and was a centerpiece of the network's upcoming fall season. The former star of "Three's Company" was taken to Providence St. Joseph hospital in Burbank, California, across from the studio where he had...

Just heard on the radio that John Ritter died of an unexpected heart ailment. He was the star of "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter", and "3's Company". He was the son of Tex Ritter.