John Ritter’s Widow Amy Yasbeck Still Talks to Him Every Day, 23 Years After His Death

Twenty-three years after John Ritter's death, Amy Yasbeck still includes her late husband in her daily life.

"I still talk to John," the actress told Page Six in an exclusive interview. "I check in all the time. ... I talk to him every day."

The admission offers an intimate glimpse into how Yasbeck carries her relationship with Ritter forward. Her memories surface in ordinary moments, including the discovery of something funny that she wishes she could share with him.

Yasbeck explained that she and Ritter's three children from his previous marriage - Jason, Carly and Tyler - connect over entertainment they believe he would have enjoyed. A new comedian or a moment of physical comedy can become an occasion to remember his enthusiasm for other performers.

That detail gives her account particular warmth. A performer's legacy usually centres on the laughter he inspired in audiences. Yasbeck also remembers the pleasure Ritter took in being entertained himself.

The family has previously described keeping that shared humour alive through a group text. In a 2024 interview with PEOPLE, Yasbeck said they exchanged funny videos, recognising the kinds of moments that would have delighted him. The habit gives his children a continuing way to share their understanding of their father.

Yet the most revealing part of Yasbeck's latest interview concerns what she misses most: watching Ritter be a father. She recalled how his parenting brought together his humour, compassion and concern about unfairness, especially when children were involved.

Her answer makes the loss more specific. Alongside missing a husband, she misses witnessing his relationships with his children - the daily exchanges through which they would have continued discovering one another.

Yasbeck and Ritter welcomed their child, Noah, in 1998 and married the following year. Ritter died on September 11, 2003, aged 54, from an aortic dissection.

Following his death, Yasbeck established the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health to raise awareness and help prevent other families from experiencing a similar tragedy. That work has given her remembrance a public purpose alongside the private conversations she still describes having with him.

Her account reveals how much a family's memory can hold: the performer audiences loved, the father his children knew and the husband whose imagined response still matters in the middle of an ordinary day.