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Contents 1 Douche Quotes 2 politics 3 Grammar review needed 4 Larry Hagman's name 5 Would Like Opinions on External Link

[edit] Douche Quotes

Aside from the first quote, all of the quotes in that section make him sound like a douche. I know very little about the guy, but I find it hard to believe that 99% of his notable statements make him sound like an egomaniac. Add some less egocentric ones or take some out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.157.40.151 (talk) 06:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] politics

the section I added about "like many others in the entertainment industry" is neccesary. Week after week actors and musicians, entertainers everywhere call the president a "terrorist" an "idiot" and other names that may be too harsh to mentioned.

Do you really care what celebrities think about the President? The only opinion that should matter is the opinion of the person staring at you in the mirror. Relax. Donmega60645 15:46, 5 June 2006

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while I do not have any problem with the addition of the political side - I must state that I am bothered with George Bush being refered to as a 'fellow Texan' - to be a Texan, one must be born in the State of Texas - which George was not. 199.79.222.119 23:16, 31 January 2007 (UTC)Jenniferlayne 16:15, 31 January 2007

[edit] Grammar review needed

This article needs SERIOUS grammar revision. I don't have time to do it, but someone should take a stab at it. SmartGuy 13:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm just going to revert it. The new material is totally unsourced. -Will Beback 18:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Larry Hagman's name

Larry Hagman's birth name is Larry Martin Hagman.

This is in his mother Mary Martin's autobiography, "My Heart Belongs", 1976 and 1984.

Larry also specifically states that his name is Larry not Lawrence in his Archive of American Television interview here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1514718094269797480&q=Archive+of+American+Television+Hagman

As for Hageman, that showed up in some of his credits in the 1950's, but wasn't used before or since. Early references to him which contain his last name, like a 1940 Life Magazine article about his mother, refer to him as "Larry Hagman."

Also, Larry's father's name on his social security death record is spelled Hagman. LMcIntyre62 03:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Would Like Opinions on External Link

I had previously added a link to my website, http://www.idreamoflarry.com to this page. It was removed, along with several other unrelated links. I think the site contains valuable information on Larry Hagman, mainly an extensive list of credits too long to put on the Wikipedia site, that is of interest to fans. Credits that are not listed on IMDB or on Hagman's official site contain reference notes. The website also has a bibliography section. Looking over Wikipedia's linking rules, I can only find one possible problem in linking to my site. There is video section with links to YouTube videos. I can remove all of those links except the ones to public domain videos. There is one piece of music on my site, but it is public domain. The photos are low res web images which I believe are covered by fair use. I would like to add the link back. Opinions? LMcIntyre62 03:13, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

My personal feeling is that the website is unofficial, and seems to be very VERY pro-Larry Hagman, which in a way seems inappropriate to me. I'll therefore vote No. Thedreamdied 21:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)