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Teary-Eyed Kaley Cuoco Recalls Death of Her ‘8 Simple Rules’ TV Dad John Ritter: ‘One of the Worst Days of My Life’

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Teary-Eyed Kaley Cuoco Recalls Death of Her ‘8 Simple Rules’ TV Dad John Ritter: ‘One of the Worst Days of My Life’

The actress spoke at the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health’s Evening From the Heart gala in Los Angeles

Kaley Cuoco stepped out Saturday night to pay tribute to her TV dad John Ritter .

She was starring as the television sitcom icon’s daughter on “8 Simple Rules” in 2003 when Ritter suffered a fatal thoracic aortic dissection – a tearing of the heart’s main artery — while on set . “I always cry when I talk about him,” Cuoco said, choking up.

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