LARRY HAGMAN: THE LIFE, THE LEGEND

Aspiring actor Larry Hagman and his mother, actress and singer Mary Martin, at their home in Grosvenor Square, London, performing a duet from the musical 'South Pacific', in which she starred in on Broadway.

Larry Hagman who had been entertaining troops of the American Air Force in England before returning back to America,

Larry Hagman who had been entertaining troops of the American Air Force in England before returning back to America,

Larry gets groped from on-screen wife Joanna Pettet in the film version of novelist Mary McCarthy's soapy tale of Vassar post-grads in the hit "The Group", released 1966.

Barbara Eden as Jeanie, a genie, is about to send Larry as Maj. Tony Nelson from the warmth of Cocoa Beach, Fla. to the frozen tundra. The show was NBC's answer to the ABC hit "Bewitched" but when Tony and Jeanie wed, sadly, the show fizzled.

Larry gags it up in the 1970s with campy TV legend MILTON BERLE, a draggy South Seas doll. Larry's the bearded swabby.

A promotional still from the hit series 'DALLAS' features the Ewing clan in front of their television home, the Southfork Ranch, Dallas, Texas, 1979. Back row, from left, Patrick Duffy (as Bobby Ewing) (standing), Victoria Principal (as Pamela Barnes Ewing) (in red dress), Barbara Bel Geddes (as Eleanor Southworth 'Miss Ellie' Ewing), and Larry Hagman (as John Ross 'J.R.' Ewing, Jr.). Front row, from left, Charlene Tilton (as Lucy Ewing), Jim Davis (1909 - 1981) (as John Ross 'Jock' Ewing), and Linda Gray (as Sue Ellen Ewing). (

Larry Hagman writhes in pain after J.R. got plugged. The ep in which the series villain, JR, was shot remains one of the most watched programs in the history of television.

JR might have survived the shooting but Larry was still all wet.

Larry Hagman as Santa helps First Lady Nancy Reagan kick off the Xmas spirit in 1985 at the White House.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 24, 1987: Larry Hagman and wife Maj Hagman attend Entertainment Industry Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. In recent years, Maj was stricken with Alzheimer's.

September 21, 1931 - November 23, 2012.