(Reuters) - Larry Hagman, who created one of
American television's most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman
J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," died on Friday, according to a co-star. He
was 81.
Hagman died at a Dallas hospital of complications
from his battle with throat cancer, the Dallas Morning News reported, quoting a
statement from his family. He had suffered from liver cancer and cirrhosis of
the liver in the 1990s after decades of drinking.
Linda Gray, who played J.R.'s long-suffering wife,
Sue Ellen, was with Hagman in Dallas when he died, the actress' spokesman,
Jeffrey Lane, said in an email.
