"It's only right that John Ritter <a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/09/16/amy.yasbeck/index.html?iref=allsearch"">signed his autographs</a> ""with love and laughter,"" as that's what he brought to audiences during his decades-long career. With the start of ""Three's Company"" in 1977, Ritter became the roommate everyone wished they had as the secretly hetero Jack Tripper. He starred in movies and did voice work, but it seemed to be the sitcom Ritter loved most. At the time of his shocking death in 2003, Ritter was starring on ABC's ""8 Simple Rules."" His passing, caused by an aortic dissection, felt like a sucker punch for all of us hoping to see his charming smile for years to come."
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