News Kaley Cuoco gets emotional recalling her onscreen dad John Ritter’s death: ‘He’s gone’ August 26, 2021 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY Comments Off on Kaley Cuoco gets emotional recalling her onscreen dad John Ritter’s death: ‘He’s gone’ Kaley Cuoco is still emotional recalling the real-life death of her "8 Simple Rules" onscreen dad, John Ritter, 18 years later.