Original sentence: In September of 2003, Winkler's friend of nearly 25 years John Ritter suddenly passed away.Winkler was devastated and started to make the rounds on as many TV outlets (such as Entertainment Tonight, Hollywood Squares, and the Emmys) as possible to pay his respects to his fallen friend
Edited sentence: In September of 2003, Winkler's friend of nearly 25 years, John Ritter suddenly passed away.Winkler was obviously very devastated and started to make the rounds on as many TV outlets (such as Entertainment Tonight, Hollywood Squares, and the Emmys) as possible to pay his respects to his fallen friend