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TIL Speculation as to "who shot J.R.?" on the TV show "Dallas" in 1980 was so intense that former President Ford tried to get the answer out of one of the producers, and the Queen Mother tried to pry it out of actor Larry Hagman while he was visiting the UK, neither of which were successful.

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