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"Patrick Duffy has claimed that Dallas icon JR Ewing had to die following actor Larry Hagman&amp;#039;s passing. The character of JR will be killed off in a new whodunnit plot, intended to reflect the hugely successful &amp;#039;Who Shot JR?&amp;#039; storyline from the original Dallas.  &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re not playing any tricks - JR isn&amp;#039;t suddenly going to disappear into the sunset,&amp;quot; Duffy told Metro. &amp;quot;The character of JR dies. There&amp;#039;s no way the character could come back because the only person who could play him was Larry.&amp;quot; Duffy - who has played JR&amp;#039;s brother Bobby since 1978 - revealed that JR&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;intense&amp;quot; relationships with his friends and family will be left &amp;quot;unresolved&amp;quot; following his death. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re not changing the template; it&amp;#039;s still a show about family relationships and competition,&amp;quot; he said.  The 63-year-old actor also insisted that he still enjoys working on Dallas despite the loss of his long-time co-star Hagman. &amp;quot;I look forward to doing the show,&amp;quot; Duffy explained. &amp;quot;Larry and I were the best of friends and I feel closest to the experiences I had with him when I&amp;#039;m working. &amp;quot;When I&amp;#039;m on the set as Bobby and with Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), it feels as though the character of JR and Larry himself is still there - it makes it comfortable to go to work, not uncomfortable. Since the day he died, I haven&amp;#039;t had the feeling he&amp;#039;s really left.&amp;quot; Dallas season two will premiere on TNT on January 28. Channel 5 in the UK will screen new episodes the day after US transmission. &amp;gt; Dallas stars confirmed to return for JR funeral &amp;gt; Dallas exec on JR funeral episode: &amp;#039;I cried while writing it&amp;#039; Watch TNT&amp;#039;s video tribute to Dallas star Larry Hagman below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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