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  • ‘I Dream Of Jeannie’ Costume Worn By Barbara Eden At Charity Event

    The iconic I Dream Of Jeannie costume was donned by Barbara Eden during a charity event over the weekend.

    People reports that Eden wore her now-famous I Dream of Jeannie costume at the Life Ball charity event in Vienna over the weekend. Eden, 78, still looked great in the costume that made her a household name in 1965. She hung out on stage in costume with former president Bill Clinton. There’s got to be a weird cross over fan-fiction in there somewhere, but we’ll save that for another time.

    I Dream Of Jeannie hasn’t been on the air since it was canceled in 1970 after five years of fulfilling America’s wishes. Eden did, however, reprise her role as Jeannie for two made-for-TV films in I Dream Of Jeannie: 15 Years Later and I Still Dream Of Jeannie. With Eden adorning her Jeannie costume after more than 20 years, fans will undoubtedly request that she star in a third film. At best, we’ll probably get a film reboot with a younger star while Eden cameos.

    Either way, Eden reprising her role as Jeannie surely raised plenty of money at Europe’s largest charity event dedicated to AIDS and HIV research.

  • Larry Hagman Dies at 81, “Dallas” Star

    Larry Hagman Dies at 81, “Dallas” Star

    Since the late 1950s, we have all come to love the wide-brimmed, Stetson-wearing Texan Larry Hagman, mostly known for playing the villainous J.R. Ewing in Dallas (spanning from 1971-2012). Unfortunately, this talented star passed away this past Friday.

    Larry Hagman started his acting career with small roles in various television series, until Hagman landed the role of Major Anthony “Tony” Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie in 1965 alongside Barbara Eden. This role was the one that really kick started his acting career and give him better exposure to the American television audience.

    As Hagman was becoming more and more popular, he landed the roles of Albert Miller in The Good Life (1971-1972), Richard Evans in Here We Go Again (1973), and his well-known role of J.R. Ewing in Dallas (1978-1991, 2012)

    Apart from his acting career, Hagman was an advocate of solar alternative energy, and became the spokesperson for SolarWorld in 2010. With this position, Hagman starred as his J.R. Ewing character in various advertisements for the SolarWorld company.

    On Friday November 23rd, 2012, Larry Hagman passed away at the age of 81 after suffering a battle with throat cancer. Many fans of Hagman’s work (including other celebrities) have left their respects via Twitter: