Her character in Dallas may have shot JR Ewing, but Mary Crosby will always be known as the daughter of the man who sang ‘White Christmas’, writes Ed Power.

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.

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

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.