I wouldn’t doubt that. Back then, an age of 69 years was considered old because of lower average life expectancy. Nowadays, that age would sound rather young.

I think this is what John Ritter died from

Lucille Ball, John Ritter and one that hits too close to home, my beloved 80 year old Mom. With my Mom who was 80 and in mid-stage of Dementia, she told my sister who was in the room with her that she felt like her chest was being ripped open. She then seized & my other sister called 911. They were able to bring her back out of the seizure & because my sister who rode with her in the ambulance told them my Mom felt a ripping in her chest, the ER knew what to look for & called in a thoracic surgeon. Because my Mom was 80 with Dementia, the surgeon gave us 2 options: To attempt to repair the tear but advised she either would not make it through the surgery and even if she did she would be in the ICU and due to the lengthy surgery under anesthesia that long she may not know us if she came out of it. The 2nd option was to not have surgery and to put her on a DNR & just make her comfortable. Since we all knew my Mom’s biggest fear even before she was diagnosed with Dementia was that she did not want to get to the stage where she would not know her children. She also made her wishes known to us for years that she did not want to be put on life support if it meant she had little to no chance of surviving. My oldest sister made the choice to place her on a DNR. To the surprise of the thoracic surgeon & hospital staff, my Mom lived 6 days after her aortic dissection and from the time she entered the hospital we took turns staying at her bedside, she was never left alone. She passed away in front of me, her youngest child of 8 and one of my sisters. Most everyone such as John Ritter & Alan Thicke passed away the same day as their aortic dissections. I believe Lucille Ball survived her surgery and was recovering from that when she suddenly had a rupture of her aorta and died almost instantly afterwards. The thoracic surgeon who was over my Mom’s care showed my sisters how bad my Mom’s aortic dissection was and 6 years later I am amazed how she survived for 6 days without surgery. We too were told it is hard to detect and that she could have been born with a defect in her heart & that it could be hereditary. I know John Ritter’s brother suffered one but he survived thank God. My grief brought me to this video & I pray for anyone who has lost loved ones to this condition. Time is of the essence when it happens but I am still amazed how my Mom lived 6 days after hers. We were starting to believe a miracle was happening because she stayed alert with the exception of no longer being able to swallow. I wrestle with did we make the right decision to place her on DNR as opposed to allowing surgery but knowing that type of surgery is several hours and given her age along with Dementia, who knows??? Thanks for reading…. I miss my Mom so much😢

@@Dawn1211 you’re mother was a fighter to live six days after that! I could not imagine the grief you went through and still going through. 80 years on this planet is really an amazing gift. God bless her soul and god bless you

My husband survived but it was touch and go and six months on life support! Dialysis etc…a dissection is a 90 percent chance of death! My husband was never misdiagnosed as a heart attack! His EMT were smart and knew!

I was sooo disgusted by that

He didn't die from a heart attack he died from something much worse an Aortic Dissection

@@christinamcilwaine350 better than a testicle dissection ....

Yes, some medical organization says 50% of what he says is BS.

OMG! we're Canadian, an ice rink can be warming than outside for a few months out of the year.

THE UNIV OF CT RINK IS OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN THE FREEZING COLD NOT A INDOOR RINK THATS WHY ITS SO TOUGH YES INDOOR WOULD BE WARMER--

Who would say that on this kind of this kind of video

He died of an aortic dissection. Looks like a heart attack but its quite a bit worse.

Would not of helped as his heart was beating fine.

Defib is used when someone is unconscious/unresponsive. He was still conscious

That's the worse thing you can use for someone who has an Aortic Dissection

Alan thick didn't die from a heart attack he died from something much worse an Aortic Dissection

Leadoffgaming I did. I died inside.

Leadoffgaming yah I did

Ive been playing hockey for 7 years and I'm like dude r u stupid

Really?

It was an Aortic Dissection

Old age? He was only in his mid 40s when he was born. That’s far from old. Even 69 isn’t really that old these days

It doesn’t matter at what age u have kids

He wasn't trying he was playing and not sitting on his couch eating himself to death like most Americans!!!!!

@@JCStorm76 well he had a heart attack and was eating bad food

Faze Rug no your like 15th