Dallas aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991, featuring stars like Joan Van Ark, Larry Hagman, and Patrick Duffy. Patrick, who played Hagman’s onscreen brother, Bobby, decided to leave the show after season eight to pursue other opportunities, and his character was killed off the show at the end of the season. Sadly, Larry died of complications from acute myeloid leukemia in 2012.
The surviving Dallas cast recently reunited in Palm Springs, California, where Joan told Fox News Digital that Larry was unhappy about Patrick leaving the show. “Larry wanted Patrick back. Patrick, Larry, and Linda were like the three musketeers on set,” she said. “And there was no question that Larry wanted his buddy, his brother, back.”
Patrick’s wife and Larry encouraged his comeback
After Patrick left the show, Larry called him to visit and have …