In "8 simple rules" Tv Prog - How did the dad die?

Question

Oh I never even knew he was dead in real life - I was just reffering to the programme.
Thanks for all the answers!

Answer 1

He went to the grocery store to get milk that morning and the family got a phone call that he had collapsed at the store and died. I think it was probably a heart attack or something but they never say. It made me cry.

Answer 2

Art follows reality; John Ritter died of a heart problem, a heart defect that he was born with and no one knew about.

He died on 9/11/2003.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ritter#Death
"On September 11, 2003, Ritter became seriously ill during rehearsals for an episode of 8 Simple Rules that was to have Henry Winkler as a guest star. He was taken across the street from the studio to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where he died hours later, a week before his 55th birthday, in the same hospital in which he was born. The date of his death was also the same as his daughter Stella's fifth birthday, the day before wife Yasbeck's forty-first birthday, and six days before their wedding anniversary. He died from an aortic dissection caused by a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. Ritter was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles."

Answer 3

In real lfe, or on the show?

The actor John Ritter died due to a heart defect. On the show, however, I'm just not sure.

Answer 4

His character Paul collapsed and died at the store while getting some milk.

Answer 5

don't no on tv but john died in a small plane crash