Died Today (November 23rd): Larry Hagman (1931–2012)

Larry Hagman (1931–2012)

Born: September 21, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Died: November 23, 2012 (age 81) in Dallas, Texas, USA

Married to:
Maj Axelsson (18 December 1954 – 23 November 2012) (his death) (2 children)

[on the infamous “Who Shot J.R?” episode]: “Before that fateful shot rang out, I was merely bemused by the success of the character. Villainy could be fun, and that’s how I played it. And if it worked. I mean I couldn’t go down to the corner to pick up my copy of the Sunday New York Times without running into some nubile creature with “J.R. for President” emblazoned across her chest. Now a higher, shriller note had been added. People who once merely wanted J.R.’s autograph demanded to know who shot him as if it were their birthright, and were angry and upset when I told them, truthfully, that I didn’t know.

[on his popularity while playing the fifty-something brother/villain J.R. Ewing on Dallas (1978)]: Everybody knows a J.R. They have a boss, an uncle, a daddy, a florist who is just like him. And not just in America either. J.R. is all over the world, set aside from others in that he has been trained to succeed at any cost.

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