Loved the old Dallas, and yes, his sister-in-law, Kristen shot him...after everyone else was so mad at him they could've shot him too. I think the producers had many versions of that one scene filmed and they didn't know either who they would choose to be the shooter. Loved the new Dallas too...JR was back and just as scheming as ever. My daughter was into the new show as well, and I tried to fill her in on the old shows...thought I would really catch her up and plan to give her 8 seasons worth of the old Dallas for Christmas....the old Dallas had many seasons!!
Remember he had a liver transplant and wasn't sure how long he would live after that but he seemed to recover ok from that.... He was on LIVE with Kelly last spring when the new Dallas was coming out...he looked well then.... sure will miss him. He was one villain you loved to hate.