Actor Larry Hagman dead at age 81

[Sailor Steve]

I was a teenager when I saw him in I Dream Of Jeannie. He had a very brief sitcom shortly after that called The Good Life. I remember his part in The Eagle Has Landed and his very funny bit roll "saving" Valerie Perrine in the first Superman movie.


There was a lot of publicity over his attempts to get more money for his role as J.R. Ewing, using the whole "who shot J.R.?" thing as leverage. According to an article I read, he did win those negotiations, but he apparently went back to work before the deal was done. He gave a funny interview at the time. When the reporter asked him why he was back at work for the same pay as before, Hagman said something to the effect of "They told me the ambulance might crash on the way to the hospital, and after plastic surgery J.R. could come out looking a whole lot like Robert Culp."

Originally Posted by Oberon

EDIT: Also, ironic that of all the hospitals he could have died in, it had to be one in Dallas.

Why is that ironic? He was born in Weatherford, a suburb of Fort Worth, and started his acting career on the stage in Dallas. He was a Texan through and through.

[mapuc]

RIP Larry

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Why is that ironic? He was born in Weatherford, a suburb of Fort Worth, and started his acting career on the stage in Dallas. He was a Texan through and through.

Ah, I wasn't 100% sure if he still lived there.