Dallas Star Larry Hagman Dies In Texas

	Dallas Star Larry Hagman Dies In Texas Dallas Star Larry Hagman Dies In Texas JR Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband and bottomless well of corruption. Yet with his sparkling grin, Larry Hagman masterfully created the charmingly loathsome oil baron — and coaxed forth a Texas-size gusher of ratings — on television's long-running and hugely successful nighttime soap, "Dallas." Although he first gained fame as nice guy Capt. Tony Nelson on the fluffy 1965-70 NBC comedy "I Dream of Jeannie," Hagman earned his greatest stardom with JR The CBS serial drama about the Ewing family and those in their orbit aired from April 1978 to May 1991, and broke viewing records with its "Who shot JR?" 1980 cliffhanger that left unclear if Hagman's character was dead. The actor, who returned as JR in a new edition of "Dallas" this year, had a long history of health problems and died Friday due to complications from his battle with cancer, his family said. "Larry was back in his beloved hometown of Dallas, re-enacting the iconic role he loved the most. Larry's family and closest friends had joined him in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday," the family said in a statement that was provided to The Associated Press by Warner Bros., producer of the show. The 81-year-old actor was surrounded by friends and family before he passed peacefully, "just as he'd wished for," the statement said. Linda Gray, his on-screen wife and later ex-wife in the original series and the sequel, was among those with Hagman in his final moments in a <b>...</b>	From: MasterVies Views: 0 0 ratings
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