To this day, Linda Gray’s name is synonymous to her Sue Ellen Ewing persona. Truth be told, producers originally wanted Mary Frann (you got it, Bob Newhart’s TV wife from Newhart) to portray J.R.’s ...

(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.