Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. Early on there are often no symptoms.
Born: 1948-09-17 - Died: 2003-09-11. Cause of Death: Aortic Dissection. Death Summary: John Ritter died from an aortic dissection caused by a congenital heart defect. He died in the middle of the second season of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, a show that he was the star of.
Cardiologist Joseph Lee, claims Ritterâs family, did not order a chest X-ray of the actor. Such an X-ray, the plaintiffs argue, would have shown Ritterâs enlarged aorta, which would have mandated surgery that would have prevented his death.