Larry Hagman is dead.He was 81 years old.

He starred in "Dallas" the villainous JR Ewing in "I Dream of Jeannie" Major Anthony Nelson: Larry Hagman as the series came to fame actor. Now the Texans died. He was 81 years old.

Actor Larry Hagman, best known for his roles in "Dallas" and "I Dream of Jeannie" is, died at age 81 from cancer. This was announced by his family.Hagman had died on Friday at a hospital in Dallas, the newspaper reported, "Dallas Morning News". Hagman was at his death among his neighbors, it said in the statement the family. He died so peacefully, as he had wished.
In the sixties to eighties Hagman was one of the most recognizable faces on television. In "I Dream of Jeannie", he assumed the role of astronaut Anthony Nelson, in a bottle of a spirit - is - played by Barbara Eden.
As oil baron JR Ewing on "Dallas", he played one of the great villains in TV history. 357 episodes long, he was a central figure in the story of a fictional Texas oil dynasty, which is embroiled in family disputes, intrigue and violence. "I can not remember half of the people with whom I slept that I have betrayed or driven to suicide," Hagman once said of his role.

Linda Gray, who played in "Dallas," Hagman told wife Sue Ellen, "Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years, he was creative, funny, loving, and talented, and I will miss him incredibly.".
Hagman was born on 21 Born September 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of actress Mary Martin and lawyer Benjamin Hagman. For five years, Hagman was stationed in London as a soldier of the Air Force. The early fifties, played alongside his mother Mary Martin in the Broadway musical "South Pacific". And in London he met his wife: He fell in love with the Swedish fashion illustrator Maj Axelsson. The couple married the 1954th In 1958, daughter Kristina Mary Heidi born, son Preston followed the 1962nd
Eccentric bon vivant
Returned to the USA in 1956, Hagman worked for several years on Broadway, took over but also activities in television series. His big break in Hollywood came in the sixties, "I Dream of Jeannie". He gained worldwide fame in 1978 with "Dallas".

Hagman as JR was involved in one of the most famous episodes of the TV series history. At the end of the second "Dallas" season was shot - and TV viewers had to wait through this Cliffhangers months to see if the bad guy would survive.Hagman said later that a publisher had offered him $ 250,000 if he betray that figure had shot series. He thought about lying and take the money anyway, said Hagman. But in the end, "I decided not to in real life be like JR".
After the series ended Hagman played the oil baron still in two television films: 1996 "returns JR" in 1998, and "fight to the finish." 2012 was actually the series continued . It focused this time the sons of the Ewing clan, but Hagman on the producers wanted to do without and not yet indulged him - as Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy - extensive guest appearances.
In recent years, Hagman was seen among others in "Desperate Housewives." He mimed Frank Kaminsky, the insufferable stepfather of Lynette (Felicity Huffman). In commercials for a manufacturer of solar Hagman also took his former alter ego of "Dallas" and the oil industry for a ride.Hagman also played in movies with - in 1998 as governor in Mike Nichols' Clinton satire "Primary Colors - Primary Colors" and in 1995 as the oil giant in "Nixon," directed by Oliver Stone.
Hagman was for decades a heavy drinker. In 1995 he was diagnosed with liver cancer. Hagman stopped smoking and drinking, a month later, he underwent a liver transplant. This did not affect his enjoyment of life. "It's the same old Larry Hagman," he said. "He's just a little more sober."
Hagman was considered eccentric. When he saw the actress Lauren Bacall first met, he licked her arm, because he had been told, she did not want to be touched. Hagman was also known for Polonaises on the beach in Malibu to lead and show up at the grocery store in a gorilla costume. At his home in Malibu, a flag flew with the inscription: "Life is a celebration."