Larry Hagman played for more than a decade the villainous patriarch J.R. Ewing on the long-running TV soap "Dallas."
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Hagman, right, embraces his mother, Mary Martin, after the opening of her musical "Jennie" at New York's Majestic Theater.
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Years before "Dallas," Hagman gained TV fame as nice guy Capt. Tony Nelson on the 1965-70 NBC comedy "I Dream of Jeannie."
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Hagman also starred in two short-lived sitcoms, “The Good Life” (NBC, 1971-72) and “Here We Go Again” (ABC, 1973).
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The actor drank heavily for years, and it was reported that a liver transplant in 1995 had saved his life.
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Larry Hagman pictured with his mother, Broadway actress Mary Martin.
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The original series of "Dallas" ran on the CBS network from April 1978 to May 1991. New episodes began to air on the TNT network in 2012.
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On screen, Hagman wore a western hat and a grin that seemed to show his character's delight in his conniving ways.
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The actor poses in front of the Southfork Ranch mansion made famous in the show "Dallas."
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In January 2012, actors Patrick Duffy, left, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman present an award at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
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Hagman, who had a long history of health problems, died on November 23 due to complications from his battle with cancer, his family says.
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