JOHN REMEMBERED

Diane Sawyer's ABC tribute special, John Ritter: Life of Laughter, attracted over 14 million viewers on Tuesday night. Sad pals and co-stars tearfully reminisced about the 54-year-old Three's Company alum, who suffered a fatal aortic dissection last week on the set of his latest sitcom, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. As previously reported, ABC plans to continue Rules by writing the death of Ritter's character into the show's storyline.

TV GuideNews Sept. 18, 2003 at 1:00 a.m. PT