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22 March 2008 6:43 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The widow of John Ritter has spoken for the first time since two doctors were cleared of misdiagnosing the tragic actor's fatal heart condition.

Amy Yasbeck and the couple's eldest children had launched a $67 million (GBP33.5 million) wrongful death case against cardiologist Joseph Lee and radiologist Matthew Lotysch at Glendale's Superior Court, following the actor's sudden demise in September 2003.

But the case found neither professional was guilty of misconduct.

However, Yasbeck admits she was disappointed by the decision.

She tells talk show host Larry King, "I was shocked because I know - I know the truth of what happened and I know because I was there.

"I was there for a good long time with John. He was sitting up and joking and laughing - and flirting. Without getting too specific, there was time and I think that what everybody learned from this trial is you don't have to play the odds just because a heart attack is way more prevalent than an aortic dissection would be."

She adds, "He was a brilliant husband. Absolutely brilliant. The most supportive person in everything I did. He was a wonderful partner.

"He was so funny. And you know, it's like, you say, well, this, you always use humour to do - but when John Ritter decided to use humour on your, you couldn't be sad, you couldn't be anything but deeply in love."

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14 March 2008 12:10 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

The family of John Ritter has lost its $67-million wrongful death lawsuit against a cardiologist and a radiologist, after a California jury on Friday cleared the doctors of negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of the late actor. The jurors found that Ritter failed to follow radiologist Dr. Matthew Lotysch's advice to see a physician once Lotysch had done a body scan on him in 2001, the Associated Press and L.A. City News Service report. Ritter died of a torn aorta in 2003.The other defendant in the case was Dr. Joseph Lee, who treated Ritter the night he died. Ritter's widow,

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9 March 2008 4:01 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The sequel to the TV show John Ritter was shooting when he died is to be turned into a movie.

As Ritter's widow Amy Yasbeck fights an ongoing wrongful death legal battle with doctors she claims misdiagnosed her husband in 2003, studio bosses are planning to turn writer W. Bruce Cameron's 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter into a film.

Cameron will adapt his semi-autobiographical book 8 Simple Rules For Marrying My Daughter for the project, which will be produced by Oscar winner Wendy Finerman, the woman behind big screen hits like The Devil Wears Prada and Forrest Gump.

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