Post by thechase on Aug 23, 2023 3:21:26 GMT -5
TV writer David Jacobs, who created the classic primetime soap Dallas as well as its long-running spinoff Knots Landing, has died at the age of 84.
Jacobs died on Sunday of complications from a series of infections, his son Aaron told The Hollywood Reporter. He had battled Alzheimer’s over the years as well.
Jacobs was a writer on the ABC drama Family when he wrote an outline for a series about a wealthy Texas family that controlled a vast oil empire. That outline became the CBS drama Dallas, which began as a five-part miniseries in 1978. The miniseries was so popular that CBS turned it into a regular series, with Larry Hagman starring as villainous oil man J.R. Ewing and Patrick Duffy as younger brother Bobby. It became a cultural phenomenon and blockbuster hit, topping the Nielsen ratings for three seasons and landing in the Top 10 for four more.
Jacobs died on Sunday of complications from a series of infections, his son Aaron told The Hollywood Reporter. He had battled Alzheimer’s over the years as well.
Jacobs was a writer on the ABC drama Family when he wrote an outline for a series about a wealthy Texas family that controlled a vast oil empire. That outline became the CBS drama Dallas, which began as a five-part miniseries in 1978. The miniseries was so popular that CBS turned it into a regular series, with Larry Hagman starring as villainous oil man J.R. Ewing and Patrick Duffy as younger brother Bobby. It became a cultural phenomenon and blockbuster hit, topping the Nielsen ratings for three seasons and landing in the Top 10 for four more.
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