J.R Ewing will get a send-off with a proper funeral on "Dallas."

My abiding memory of Larry Hagman was when, at the height of his Dallas fame and fortune in the early 1980s, one of Dublin’s great “Madmen”, Don O’Connell of Doherty Advertising, which had the Health Education Bureau account at the time, persuaded Mr Hagman to appear in one of the most memorable and effective anti-smoking commercials of that era.

Tributes were flooding in from around the world today following the death of Dallas star Larry Hagman.

Larry Hagman, whose predatory oil baron J.R. Ewing on television’s long-running soap opera 'Dallas' became a symbol for 1980s’ greed, has died. He was 81.

It’s back.

TV3’s director of programmes, Ben Frow, is taking Ireland’s much-loved newsreader Anne Doyle out to lunch next week to see if she wants to work with RTÉ’s rival network.

The success of hit series Desperate Housewives paved the way for the return of classic US soap opera Dallas, according to a star of both shows.

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'Dallas' star Larry Hagman plans to keep playing J.R. Ewing until he’s 90.

JR EWING has returned to Dallas after 20 years.

Actor Larry Hagman said today he had been diagnosed with cancer.

Channel 5 is to air 'Dallas' next year.

WELL, tip my 10-gallon hat and fix me a bourbon — if it ain’t the wiliest ole’ coyote in the Lone Star State makin’ his way back to the small screen.

A remake of 80s TV show ‘Dallas’ has been given the go-ahead.

Larry Hagman, who played the cold, conniving oil baron J.R. Ewing in the beloved 1980s series 'Dallas', auctioned off many of his personal valuables.

The TV cameras were told to ignore her and Austria's rich and powerful sought to avoid her.

THE TV cameras were told to ignore her, and Austria’s rich and powerful sought to avoid her. But amid all the bling on Thursday night at the Vienna Opera Ball, most eyes were still on one particular jewel — Ruby.

The 1980s US soap 'Dallas' is to be resurrected 20 years after the original ended and about 30 years after its heyday by US network TNT.

A weekend event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of TV soap Dallas created a drama worthy of the Ewing family itself after fans who paid hundreds to meet the cast got nowhere near them, while others mingled with stars for just €75.

Dallas actor Larry Hagman still gets stopped in the street by fans who want to know who shot his character JR.

Veteran Dallas star Larry Hagman is thrilled that John Travolta will play JR Ewing, the character he created, in the big screen version of the hit TV series.

BARBARA Bel Geddes, the winsome actress who rose to stage and movie stardom but reached her greatest fame as Miss Ellie Ewing in the long-running TV series Dallas, has died. She was 82.

Former Dallas star Barbara Bel Geddes has died of lung cancer. She was 82.

WHO shot JR? This time it will be ABC and the Disney network, who are bringing back the classic TV show Dallas as a movie.

Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton and Mary Crosby all look a little plumper and a lot greyer than they did in Dallas, the soap that ran for 356 episodes in the late 70s and 80s, yet co-star Victoria Principal hardly looks a day older.

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

Howard Keel, the broad-shouldered baritone who romanced his way through a series of glittering MGM musicals such as Showboat, Kiss Me Kate and Annie Get Your Gun and later revived his career on TV soap Dallas, has died of colon cancer.

HOWARD KEEL, the broad-shouldered baritone who romanced his way through a series of glittery MGM musicals such as Kiss Me Kate and Annie Get Your Gun and later revived his career with Dallas, died yesterday. He was 85.

EastEnders ended the week on a high note at the British Soap Awards, putting Dirty Den’s real-life antics behind them.

Sting is putting the finishing touches to an autobiography which, he says, has nothing to do with his life as a rock star.

Villainous oilman JR Ewing is set to be resurrected in a feature film version of the soap opera Dallas.