Who Done It (Dallas) Who Done It (Dallas) "Who Done It" is the fourth episode of the fourth season (1980–81 season) and 58th overall of the American television series "Dallas". The episode was written by Loraine Despres, and revealed who had shot J.R. Ewing (played by Larry Hagman) in the third season finale "A House Divided". The perpetrator's fate was revealed in the subsequent episode one week later. For an eight-month-long period of media frenzy after the broadcast of "A House Divided" episode (wherein "Dallas" archvillain J.R. Ewing was shot by an unidentified perpetrator while working in his office), international oddsmakers created a set
Larry Hagman alternative to alcohol. In 1995, Hagman underwent a life-saving liver transplant after he was diagnosed with liver cancer which was most likely brought on by approximately 40 years of heavy drinking. His clinical picture was further complicated by cirrhosis of the liver which had been diagnosed three years earlier in 1992. Hagman did not receive preferential treatment as a celebrity, with a 1995 UPI article stating that the donor liver "matched Hagman's anonymous physical profile listed with the United Network for Organ Sharing." He was also a heavy smoker as a young man before quitting at age 34. He was