Larry Hagman was briefly replaced by Donna Reed for the 1984–1985 season, before Bel Geddes returned in better health for the 1985–1986 season. By the end of its 14th season in 1991, ratings had slipped to the extent that CBS decided to end "Dallas". Hagman was the only actor to appear in all 357 episodes. He had also made five guest appearances on the "Dallas" spin-off series "Knots Landing" in the early 1980s. Some years after "Dallas" ended, Hagman appeared in two subsequent "Dallas" television movies: "" in 1996, and "" in 1998. Hagman reprised his role as J.R. Ewing in TNT's
Larry Hagman I love." Hagman had an acorn-sized tumor removed from his tongue in 2011. In June 2012, the cancer was said to be in remission. Then, in July 2012, doctors diagnosed Hagman with myelodysplastic syndromes (formerly known as preleukemia). Hagman died on November 23, 2012, at Medical City Dallas Hospital in Dallas following complications from acute myeloid leukemia, after being interviewed for the National Geographic documentary, "The '80s: The Decade that Made Us", which aired in April 2013. In a statement to the "Dallas Morning News", Hagman's family said: "Larry's family and close friends had joined him in Dallas for the