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R.I.P.

DALLAS Alum Dies

Ken Kercheval
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Actor Ken Kercheval attends the Nathalie Dubois Pre-Emmy Gift Suite at Luxe Hotel on September 17, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images) Credit: Getty

Ken Kercheval, who played Cliff Barnes on the original CBS version of DALLAS and its 2012-14 TNT reboot, has passed away at the age of 83. The actor died Sunday evening in Indiana. He was on DALLAS for the entire run of the show, from 1978-91. Kercheval had a part of his lung removed in 1994 after a bout with cancer. His final appearance was in 2019’s Surviving In L.A.

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