J.R. has gone to the Big Ranch in the sky..

longshanks

Yeah, he's gone.

R.I.P. Larry Hagman.

starviewadams

Thought you meant 'Good ol J.R ' Jim Ross.

Panic averted.

Kerplunk124

Never watched Dallas but of course I've known about JR
A sad thing to happen
R.I.P Larry Hagman

A Primal Nut

Was he not shot back in the day? Remember hearing something about that...

RIP Larry!

1ZRed

Took me ages to cop on you didn't mean J.k Rowling.

I'm fuckin' thick this time of the night

kingofslaves

http://uk.eonline.com/news/365659/larry-hagman-dallas-villain-j-r-ewing-dies-at-81

3rdDegree

I'm sorry to hear that.

DrumSteve

Was he shot?

brummytom

I shot him.

asherbassad

Will we see re-runs of Pamela Ewing's bouncers?

meoklmrk91

Aww that's sad, a legendary baddie. RIP Larry.

efb

I remember him in I Dream of Jeannie
RIP

kneemos

DrumSteve wrote: »

Was he shot?

It's just a dream.

Xavi6

Poor Tom will be gutted

bnt

I didn't know about his drinking problem: he drank pretty much non-stop for 50 years, acccording to his autobiography (reported by the BBC). Even when filming the original series of Dallas, drinking five bottles of champagne a day? Every time he was on screen, back then, he was never entirely sober, it seems.

Sunnyisland

RIP larry hagman.

El Nino09

The played the best villain of them all , Rip Larry

sffc

El Nino09 wrote: »

The played the best villain of them all , Rip Larry

That's the "new " version of Dallas f*****d . Did nobody know he was ill?

lukesmom

sffc wrote: »

That's the "new " version of Dallas f*****d . Did nobody know he was ill?

Yeah it was well known he had cancer

Oh hai

That's sad news Thought he was looking okay considering his health issues in the new Dalas. Didn't realise he was ill again. RIP JR.

WindSock

JR n JC 2gedr 4eva at last

clappyhappy

Great actor, seemingly a fun guy to be around. RIP Larry Hagman.

Ghost Train

efb wrote: »

I remember him in I Dream of Jeannie
RIP

Yes will probably remember him more for that than Dallas, I Dream of Jeannie reruns were afternoon viewing on one of the channels back in the eighties or ninties. can't remember which channel

Biggins

http://www.thejournal.ie/dallas-star-larry-hagman-dies-in-texas-688047-Nov2012/

LARRY HAGMAN, whose predatory oil baron JR Ewing on television’s long-running nighttime soap opera “Dallas” became a symbol for 1980s greed and coaxed forth a Texas-sized gusher of TV ratings, has died. He was 81.
Hagman, who returned as JR in a new edition of “Dallas” this year, passed away Friday afternoon due to complications from his battle with cancer, according to a statement from the family provided to The Associated Press by Warner Bros., producer of “Dallas.”

The man that women loved to hate - and by jove he played the part well.

A great actor.

RIP.

pookiesboo

Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy who played Sue Ellen and Bobby were at his bedside when he died.:( RIP

Irishchick

They can forget about a second series (which they strongly hinted at, at the end of the first). It won't be any good without him.

The_Kew_Tour

RIP

He was a legend. End of.

Biggins

From The Times:

Linda Gray, who played JR’s long-suffering wife, Sue Ellen, was with Hagman in Dallas when he died.
“Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years,” Gray said in a statement. “He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew. He was creative, funny, loving and talented, and I will miss him enormously.”

It seems fitting that she too was there at his passing, having played his on screen wife for so long.

Hagman had a wide eccentric streak. When he first met actress Lauren Bacall, he licked her arm because he had been told she did not like to be touched and he was known for leading parades on the Malibu beach and showing up at a grocery store in a gorilla suit. Above his Malibu home flew a flag with the credo ‘Vita Celebratio Est’ (Life Is a Celebration) and he lived hard for many years.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/tv-radio/article3610895.ece


By all accounts, he was a genuine nice character in real life and worked vigorously for charities and conservation groups.

In his later years, Hagman became an advocate for organ transplants and an anti-smoking campaigner. He also was devoted to solar energy, and made a commercial in which he portrayed a JR Ewing who had forsaken oil for solar power.
Hagman told The New York Times that after death he wanted his remains to be “spread over a field and have marijuana and wheat planted and harvest it in a couple of years and then have a big marijuana cake, enough for 200 to 300 people. People would eat a little of Larry.”

He was a legend and will be sorely missed in many ways.

Conmaicne Mara

RIP the best TV bad guy ever

TwoShedsJackson

Irishchick wrote: »

They can forget about a second series (which they strongly hinted at, at the end of the first). It won't be any good without him.

They started filming ages ago, it starts January 28th. Hagman had completed filming on six episodes.

kincsem

RIP Larry. You entertained us for years.

Son Of A Vidic

RIP Larry, an acting icon and a great who was much copied but never equalled.

Agricola

Another childhood icon gone!

He really inhabited that role. I think there was a lot of JR in Larry Hagman, thats why it worked so well.

take everything

RIP.

MidlandsM

rip Larry

Shryke

Biggins last post has made me really wish this man was still alive. I never knew he was such a great character. RIP.

_Kaiser_

RIP Larry.

Grew up watching him every week on Dallas and spent a summer in the 90s watching the reruns on RTE. Also remember watching him in the mid-80s on Sky (back when there was still one one channel) in I Dream of Jeannie.

His portrayal of JR is for me up there with my other favourite TV/movie villain - Gordon Gecko

Wonderful actor, and by all accounts a very nice guy who really enjoyed life and did a lot for charity in his later years. Will sorely be missed.

bnt

I see the RTÉ have kept up their usual journalistic standards, marking Larry's death by republishing an old interview, unchanged, in which he talks about his health.

Not that he has any intention of hanging up his spurs now. "Actors can't retire", he said recently, reckoning that he has another ten years in the tank. "Did I say only ten?" Hagman asks, eyebrows arching. "Thirty would be good. Retire from what though? Most actors are out of work most of their lives so we're lucky to get work, blessed and lucky. The secret to living life is so easy, it's all about having the right attitude."

Does he think that the series' makers will shoot J.R. again? "Who the hell knows?" he says. "If they can make money at it, yeah they'll shoot me again." But he doesn't look too worried: after all he's been there before.

OK, they changed the subject line. :rolleyes:

efb

Ghost Train wrote: »

Yes will probably remember him more for that than Dallas, I Dream of Jeannie reruns were afternoon viewing on one of the channels back in the eighties or ninties. can't remember which channel

C4

Teyla Emmagan

Actually really sad about this. Larry Hagman was a legend

Mrs Garth Brooks

What happens to Dallas now that he's gone. There's meant to be another season.
Thought it might last another few more years. Not the same without him.

R.I.P. Larry Hagman and J.R. Ewing

flutterflye

Am I the only person who has no idea who this is?
I've never seen Dallas, but people are talking about it like it's still on? Is it not a really old show?

phoenix999

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

What happens to Dallas now that he's gone. There's meant to be another season.
Thought it might last another few more years. Not the same without him.

R.I.P. Larry Hagman and J.R. Ewing

I believe a 2nd series had been pretty much completed. So he should be back for at least one more series next year.

Czarcasm

flutterflye wrote: »

Am I the only person who has no idea who this is?
I've never seen Dallas, but people are talking about it like it's still on? Is it not a really old show?

Well the original series was around in the 80's, but they've done a reboot of it last year as a kind of a second generation and modernised the whole thing, a bit like they did with Beverly Hills 90210.

Biggins

phoenix999 wrote: »

I believe a 2nd series had been pretty much completed. So he should be back for at least one more series next year.

When he passed, they were currently working on episode six (season two).

phoenix999

Biggins wrote: »

When he passed, they were currently working on episode six (season two).

Hope it will be finished and aired. I enjoyed the first series. Brought back a few memories of family members who have since passed on.

Laois_Man

A really sad day. The end of an era.

Although I'm not really a fan of the new incarnation of Dallas, like almost everyone who remembers the 80's, it was a massive thing. Larry Hagman gave a ruthless\nasty charachter a likeable personality and an edge whereby the viewer was always on his side no matter whose life he was trying to trample on and destroy. A superb actor. All the more superb given that Hagman was apparently pissed out of his mind when shooting many of the scene's - But you'd never once have known it.

Did you know that Robert Foxworth, the actor who later went on to play Chase Gioberti in Falcon Crest, was the first actor to be offered the part of J.R. Ewing? He turned it down. And thank God he did because there's no way he'd have pulled it off and made the entire show and the J.R. charachter as legendary as Larry Hagman did.

AllGunsBlazing

Sad news.

Sitting down to watch Dallas of a Saturday night on RTE was a family event in many households back in the early 80's.

RIP.

JonathanAnon

Always thought Larry was a cool guy... Heard a few soundbytes on the news earlier, and even in those he was giving Cliff a going over.. He never gave luckless Cliff Barnes a break...

Czarcasm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Always thought Larry was a cool guy... Heard a few soundbytes on the news earlier, and even in those he was giving Cliff a going over.. He never gave luckless Cliff Barnes a break...

Too many brilliant one-liners to quote-

A true legend in every sense of the word!

grey_so_what

I remember the "who shot JR" t-shirt......

JR and Swellen were great sparring partners!......Cliff Barnes always made a hames of trying to outdo JR....

RIP