The television show “Dallas” changed lives when it debuted in 1978.
“Here’s the history of the ‘Dallas’pitch.
I’d never written any TV before; I wrote magazine articles about the arts and books.
Made hundreds of dollars a year,” he said.
Jacobs was struggling in a serious way, but then inspiration struck.
Larry Hagman, who played J.R. Ewing in the series, died in November 2012, perHollywood Reporter.
Gray noted that far from his tough character, Hagman always found a way to make things fun.
“No matter what the situation was, he made it fun,” she told the Hollywood Reporter.
When Barbara Bel Geddes joined the show, she was the most well-established actor at the table.
In fact, Hagman told the Associated Press that Geddes was the reason he came on board.
Geddes passed away from lung cancer in 2005 (viaTampa Bay Times).
In 1995, Keel said that joining the cast of “Dallas” really changed his life.
“I couldn’t believe it.
My life changed again,” he said.
Keel died from colon cancer in 2005.
When the show was revived in 2012, Kercheval was invited to come back and reprise his role.
He told theDallas Decoderthat he had next to no information to go off of before making his decision.
Richer than the Ewings.
That’s absolutely all I know."
The memories of every “Dallas” star we’ve lost certainly live on.
