Question on the show 8 simple rules to dating my teenage daughter?

Question

okay, well i started watching that show recently the re runs on lifetime channel, and then i stopped for like a week, and when i started watching again the dad was gone, what happend to him? did he died? how did he died?

plz help!!

Answer 1

the actor who played the dad actually died in real life, so the people had to work around that. but in the actual tv show, the dad (paul) died of a heart attack while at the grocery store.

Answer 2

The actor/comedian John Ritter who played the dad on 8 simple rules to dating my daughter died from a previously undetected heart condition (aortic dissection whatever that is.)on the set in September 2003.He was pronounced DOA at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. a real dramatic tragedy.The show after a two week hiatus while the writer's figured out what to do went on. They simply wrote the event into script and continued the plot line, for better or worse.It's not quite the same as before of course.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

John Ritter who played the dad on Simple Rules passed out on the set, and was rushed to the hospital where he later died. As he was a central character on the show, they chose to have him die.

Answer 5

(CNN) -- Actor and comedian John Ritter, who gained stardom in the sitcom "Three's Company," died Thursday night after collapsing on the set of his current TV series. He was 54.

Ritter was rushed from the set of the ABC series "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" to Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, after suffering from aortic dissection, an unrecognized and undetected flaw in his heart, according to a statement from his publicist Lisa Kasteler.

"Surgeons at the hospital tried to save the Emmy Award-winning actor but, sadly, were unable to do so," the statement said.

Answer 6

actually in John Ritter passed away in real life of unknown causes and the writers decided to incorporate it in the show

in the show the way he dies is he goes to the grocery store before he has to drive the kids to school and he collapses in an isle

the show was cancelled after a season because the viewers decreased

Answer 7

Yes, the father on the show did leave. That was because John Ritter died. If I recall correctly, he died from a ruptured aorta.

Answer 8

John Ritter passed away and they wrote it into the script that his character also died. Easier than trying to recast the role.

He had an aortic dissection.

Answer 9

yes he died, he was going to the grocery store and he got in a bad accident and died...the guy who played the dad died in real life and they had to fit that into the show, very sad time

Answer 10

Yes the actor died that played him of an unexpected heart attack.

John Ritter was his name.