Linda Gray
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"Linda Ann Gray" is an American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing on the long-running CBS television drama series Dallas (1978 TV series)/Dallas (1978–1989), for which she was nominated for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The role also earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations.

Gray began her career in the 1960s in television commercials. In the 1970s, she appeared in numerous TV series, before landing the role of Sue Ellen Ewing in 1978. After leaving Dallas (1978 TV series)/Dallas in 1989, she appeared opposite Sly Stallone in the 1991 film Oscar (1991 film)/Oscar. From 1994-1995, she played a leading role on the Fox Broadcasting Company/Fox drama series Models Inc.. She has also starred in several TV movies, including Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993) and Accidental Meeting (1994) and reprised her role of Sue Ellen in Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998)

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Almost everybody involved in the day-to-day concerns back then had been at the university for years. The only new person was Dr. Lombardi. He was incredibly compassionate . . . and eminently believable as a dad and as a higher-eduction administrator.

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At the time, it was deemed probably the worst crisis to hit a college campus in modern times. There had been murders and shootings on campuses before, but in most of those cases the perpetrators were immediately known. This was a situation where five bodies were found over a three-day period . . . and Danny Rolling was not charged for almost a year.

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If he hadn't gotten those young women it would have been someone else.

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The fact that a year passed before the murderer was arrested or indicted, there was this sort of doom hanging over our heads. No one knew who it was or if he'd be back.

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It was about family, albeit dysfunctional. But it was about family, and I think that?s what draws people in ? the interrelationships, you know, everyone living under one roof ... It was this dynamic, a really charismatic family that moved into everyone else?s home.

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[While promoting the DVD earlier this week,] Dallas ... the crescendo happened. It?s when everybody ... in fact, men ... started watching, because men didn?t historically watch soap operas.

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If I hadn't continued working for a university, I might not think about it every day.

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We learned that no place is safe, ... Gainesville had not had that kind of dreadful experience before, and I think that's why it hit so hard. It was an end of an innocence for the community.

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[Not everyone is sold on crisis consultants. Linda Gray, assistant vice president and director of news and information at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, says that] to a certain extent, the worse the crisis, the closer to home you should deal with it. ... You ought to be dealing with the crisis, not explaining things to somebody else.

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