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Actor Larry Hagman dies at 81-years-old

By GalaTView Staff

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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 81. Hagman worked off Broadway until 1959 when he won roles on Broadway in ‘God and Kate Murphy’ and ‘The Nervous’. Meanwhile he was cutting his teeth on New York based television in programmes ranging from drama to daytime soaps, including ‘The Edge of the Night’ (1961-3).

He made his debut in the cinema in 1964 with ‘Ensign Pulver’. The same year, in the nuclear suspense drama ‘Failsafe’