IN a tragic medical blunder, LARRY HAGMAN put off cancer treatment to continue working on TV’s “Dallas” reboot – and it cost the actor his life!
Sources tell The ENQUIRER that Hagman – who passed away at age 81 on Nov. 23 – knew his days were numbered, but insisted on playing evil oil man J.R. Ewing until the very end.
The gutsy actor – who also starred in the classic ’60s sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie” – filmed six of the 18 episodes planned for season 2 of the popular TNT series before he became too weak to continue, insiders say.
“Larry Hagman didn’t have to die!” said a source close to the larger-than-life star.
“He could have sought aggressive treatment earlier, but he was so determined to finish as many episodes of ‘Dallas’ as he could that he hid his condition from producers and continued filming.