catlover79
09-17-2011, 12:54 AM
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20107633,00.html
WHO SHOT J.R.?
The answer, we all know now, was his conniving sister-in-law Kristin. But when the 79-'80 season of Dallas closed with a cliff-hanger, the question became a cause célèbre. Three foreign tabloids offered Larry Hagman $250,000 to spill the beans. A London gambler tempted Mary Crosby with £500,000. But since five endings were filmed, not even the principals knew for sure. "I thought, 'I'll believe it when I see it on TV,' " recalls Crosby, 35. Watching along with her that Nov. 21 night were 83 million others, breaking ratings records until the M*A*S*H finale in 1983. Crosby relishes her place in history. "Growing up, I was Bing's daughter. Now I'll always be the woman who shot J.R.," she says. Hagman, 63, chalks up the success of Dallas to "one of those Zen mistakes."
WHO SHOT J.R.?
The answer, we all know now, was his conniving sister-in-law Kristin. But when the 79-'80 season of Dallas closed with a cliff-hanger, the question became a cause célèbre. Three foreign tabloids offered Larry Hagman $250,000 to spill the beans. A London gambler tempted Mary Crosby with £500,000. But since five endings were filmed, not even the principals knew for sure. "I thought, 'I'll believe it when I see it on TV,' " recalls Crosby, 35. Watching along with her that Nov. 21 night were 83 million others, breaking ratings records until the M*A*S*H finale in 1983. Crosby relishes her place in history. "Growing up, I was Bing's daughter. Now I'll always be the woman who shot J.R.," she says. Hagman, 63, chalks up the success of Dallas to "one of those Zen mistakes."