TV legend and solar-energy advocate Larry Hagman brought star power to Dallas’ inaugural Earth Day celebration. 

Most folks think of him as J.R. Ewing, but I remember him as my beloved Major Anthony Nelson. (I used to spend sick days home from school watching re-runs of “I Dream of Jeannie.”)  So I was amused when Larry Hagman told the audience at the inaugural Earth Day Dallas event, “I usually get the same questions, so let me go ahead and get the answers out of the way now.  Yes, Barbara Eden is beautiful, and no, we never did it.”  At 79, Larry Hagman has still got it as a performer. Today, he’s lending his star power to the cause of clean technology as a board member of the Solar Electric Light Fund, a global non-profit that develops solar rural electrification in developing countries.