Southfork Ranch 2009, "America's Tea Party", which an organizer said drew an estimated crowd of 25,000 to 35,000 attendees. In December 2012, a memorial service was held at the Southfork Ranch after the death of actor Larry Hagman, who starred as J.R. Ewing in the series. A memorial book for fans to sign was set up in the "J.R. Ewing room". Southfork Ranch Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center in Parker, Texas, in the United States, about north of Dallas. The ranch includes the Ewing Mansion, which was the setting for both "Dallas" television series: the original, which first aired
Larry Hryb Larry Hryb Lawrence "Larry" Hryb (), also known by his Xbox Live Gamertag "Major Nelson", is a Director of Programming for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live. His blog "Xbox Live's Major Nelson" provides an inside look at operations at Microsoft's Xbox division. He picked the Gamertag "Major Nelson" after a character by the same name on the 1960s U.S. television comedy "I Dream of Jeannie" after it was recommended to him by his TiVo. Larry dedicated his Gamertag to Larry Hagman after his death in 2012. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2001, he was a former programmer and on