AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Katey Sagal recalls the final hours before John Ritter's sudden death on the set of '8 Simple Rules'
Katey Sagal has opened up about the day she lost co-star John Ritter to a sudden aortic dissection in 2003, a loss that still shapes how she remembers one of television's most beloved actors. Sagal, 72, told podcast host Ted Danson on *Where Everybody Knows Your Name* that she was on the set of ABC's […] The post Katey Sagal recalls the final hours before John Ritter's sudden death on the set of '8 Simple Rules' appeared first on American Almanac .
Katey Sagal has opened up about the day she lost co-star John Ritter to a sudden aortic dissection in 2003, a loss that still shapes how she remembers one of television's most beloved actors. Sagal, 72, told podcast host Ted Danson on *Where Everybody Knows Your Name* that she was on the set of ABC's *8 Simple Rules* the afternoon Ritter fell ill. By that evening, he was gone. He was 54 years old. The timeline she described was jarring in its speed. The cast finished shooting a promotional segment around 4:00 p.m. on September 11, 2003. Ritter wasn't feeling well and retreated to his room. Sagal and the rest of the cast went home. Roughly five hours later, she learned Ritter had been rushed to Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank,…Open