Real life JR keeps reminder of drinking demons

Larry Hagman has a constant reminder of his boozy past - the picture of the man whose liver kept the former Dallas star alive.

Real life JR keeps reminder of drinking demons

Larry Hagman has a constant reminder of his boozy past - the picture of the man whose liver kept the former Dallas star alive.

Hagman, who played oil tycoon JR Ewing in the hit 1970s and 1980s soap, needed a liver transplant after years of heavy drinking almost cost him his life.

He explains: "I drank my liver out - over 40 years of drinking - and I feel great now. I have somebody else's liver and I give thanks to him everyday. I have his picture next to my shaving mirror."

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