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"Dallas" ended its incredible fourteen season run in May 1991 - just a little more than twenty years ago.  Now the series is back on TNT - it is set to begin next month....

Original cast members Larry Hagman (J.R.Ewing), Linda Gray (Sue Ellen Ewing), Patrick Duffy (Bobby Ewing), Ken Kercheval (Cliff Barnes), Steve Kanaly (Ray Krebbs) and Charlene Tilton (Lucy Ewing-Cooper) are all taking part in the new show.

Deceased Cast Members:
Jim Davis (Jock Ewing): 1909-1981
Donna Reed (Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow #2): 1921-1986
Dack Rambo (Jack Ewing): 1941-1994
Howard Keel (Clayton Farlow): 1919-2004
Barbara Bel Geddes (Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow #1): 1922-2005

Other surviving cast members include Victoria Principal (Pamela Ewing), Susan Howard (Donna Culver Krebbs), Priscilla Presley (Jenna Wade), Sheree J. Wilson (April Stevens Ewing), George Kennedy (Carter McKay), Cathy Podewell (Cally Harper Ewing), Kimberly Foster (Michelle Stevens), Sasha Mitchell (James Beaumont), Barbara Stock (Liz Adams) and Lesley-Anne Down (Stephanie Rogers). 

The show featured several recurring cast members and guest stars....
John Zaremba (Dr. Harlan Danvers): 1908-1986
James Brown (Sergeant Harry McSween): 1920-1992
Tom Fuccello (Senator Dave Culver): 1936-1993
Kate Reid (Lillian "Aunt Lil" Trotter): 1930-1993
Glenn Corbett (Paul Morgan): 1933-1993
Sherril Lynn Rettino (Jackie Dugan): 1956-1995
Don Starr (Jordan Lee): 1917-1995
George O. Petrie (Harv Smithfield): 1912-1997
Stephen Elliott (Scotty Demarest): 1918-2005
Paul Sorensen (Andy Bradley): 1926-2008

In Memoriam Remembers all those that have left Southfork and looks forward to new memories with the new series...

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