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With his broad, good-natured performance as the astronaut in Jeannie, he won a national following Following that show, Hagman went on to star in the sitcoms The Good Life opposite Donna Mills and Here We Go Again , a farce about divorced couplesHagman began his television career in 1961 with a number of guest appearances on such shows as The ALCOA Hour That led to him being cast as a regular on the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, on which he appeared from 1961-63
Having spent eight years in New York, the Hagmans then moved to HollywoodThe son of Broadway legend Mary Martin and a district attorney, Hagman starred on I Dream of Jeannie as an often-befuddled US astronaut, Major Anthony Nelson, who finds a gorgeous 2,000-year-old genie in a bottle on a beach, becomes her master and eventually falls in love with her
The NBC comedy, created and produced by Sidney Sheldon as an answer to ABC’s popular Bewitched, ran from 1965 to 1970He was born Larry Martin Hageman in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sept 21, 1931 Following high school, he moved to England as a member of the cast of his mother’s stage show, South Pacific, performing in the musical for five years
(Hagman was raised in Texas and Los Angeles by his materal grandmother until she died when he was 12)In addition to his wife, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2005, Hagman is survived by their daughter Kristina, their son Preston and five granddaughters After years in Malibu, the Hagmans lived on a 42-acre mountaintop ranch outside Ojai, Calif, for some two decades; they put their house up for sale in 2011
“As JR, I could get away with anything — bribery, blackmail and adultery But I got caught by cancer,” he said then
“I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer I will be receiving treatment while working on the new Dallas series I could not think of a better place to be than working on a show I love, with people I love Besides, as we all know, you can’t keep J
R down!”“Larry was back in his beloved Dallas re-enacting the iconic role he loved most,” his family said in a written statement “Larry’s family and close friends had joined him in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday When he passed, he was surrounded by loved ones
It was a peaceful passing, just as he had wished for The family requests privacy at this time”Prior to this performance, the Tortured Poets Department artist wore only blue outfits The sudden change has some fans thinking Swift is gearing up for a big announcement – particularly, announcing a release date for Reputation (Taylor's Version)
One year later, Hagman became the National Spokesperson for the 1996 US Transplant Games presented by the National Kidney Foundation The following year, with his health restored — he also was a heavy smoker who eventually quit — he went on to star in a CBS one-hour drama, Orleans, playing a judge
“We toured together on the Red tour,” Swift told the crowd “Every time I am doing the Red part of this show, I think about the memories that we’ve made And now he is someone who plays Wembley, like, every week This is, like, regular for him
And he works so hard And he’s on tour right now and he’s probably so tired, but he wanted to come and play for you and do this for all of us”Hagman then enlisted in the US
Air Force, where he produced and directed several documentary and how-to series During his military service, Hagman met Maj Axelsson, a Swedish designer, and they married in December 1954 She survives himAfter his military discharge, Hagman returned to New York, intent on pursuing an acting career
He performed in a number of Broadway and off-Broadway plays, most notably Once Around the Block and CareerIn July 1995, Hagman needed a liver transplant after years of heavy drinking — up to five bottles of champagne a day — that led to cirrhosis Undergoing a 16-hour transplant operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, he spent seven weeks at the hospital convalescing
This is, like, regular for him. And he works so hard. And he’s on tour right now and he’s probably so tired, but he wanted to come and play for you and do this for all of us.”Hagman then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he produced and directed several documentary and how-to series. During his military service, Hagman met Maj Axelsson, a Swedish designer, and they married in December 1954. She survives him.After his military discharge, Hagman returned to New York, intent on pursuing an acting career. He performed in a number of Broadway and off-Broadway plays, most notably Once Around the Block and Career.In July 1995, Hagman needed a liver transplant after years of heavy drinking — up to five bottles of champagne a day — that led to cirrhosis. Undergoing a 16-hour transplant operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, he spent seven weeks at the hospital convalescing.
