Fervor for the television show “Dallas” was so intense in 1980 that when the Queen Mother met actor Larry Hagman, she joined the worldwide chorus asking: “Who shot J.R.?” “Not even for ...

Actor Larry Hagman, 81, whom fans for decades confused with J.R. Ewing, the conniving character he so convincingly played on TV's Dallas, died Friday in the Texas city that made him a household name.

If Hagman was a star, and he was, he came to it naturally. His mother was stage legend Mary Martin, beloved for Peter Pan, South Pacific and The Sound of Music, to name just a few of her hits.

Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.

Larry Hagman, who created one of American television’s most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of “Dallas,” died on Friday, the Dallas Morning News reported. He was ...

Although he first gained fame Capt. Tony Nelson on Jeannie,” Hagman earned his greatest stardom as J.R. Ewing ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Larry Hagman, the villainous J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," has died. » PHOTOS: Larry Hagman 1931-2012 The Dallas Morning News reported Hagman died Friday afternoon in Dallas.

UPDATE: Larry Hagman who played the conniving villainous J.R. -- head of the oil-rich and powerful Ewing clan on both the original an recent sequel of the world popular TV series Dallas - died ...

The I Dream of Jeannie star revealed that Hagman followed the therapist’s advice, yet to a drastic degree. “Larry, being Larry, naturally didn’t do anything by half measures,” Eden wrote.

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, TV star Larry Hagman, who played 'J.R. Ewing' on 'Dallas', died on November 23, 2012, after a battle with cancer. He was 81. We celebrate the life and career ...

Larry Hagman, who television viewers loved to hate as greedy, scheming J.R. Ewing in the hit show “Dallas,” died Friday in the city of the same name. He was 81.