'Dallas’ star Patrick Duffy says mother was killed rushing to husband after gunmen opened fire at bar
'DALLAS' STAR PATRICK DUFFY AND LINDA PURL RECALL START OF SURPRISING LOVE STORY: 'BOTH NERVOUS AS TEENAGERS' "My parents were murdered when two young men robbed the bar that my parents owned in Montana," the actor told host Steve Kmetko.
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- As soon as my dad saw them, this is in the testimony that came out in the court, my dad turned to them and apparently took a step towards them, saying, 'I told you to...'" WATCH: PATRICK DUFFY AND LINDA PURL FELL IN LOVE ONLINE Duffy's father never finished his sentence.
- By the time I hung up the phone, there were film crews at the gate." GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE Duffy said Lorimar Television, the production company behind "Dallas," arranged transportation and other support for him following the murders.
- I said, 'We have to chant for grandma and grandpa because they've both been killed, and we have to chant for them because they're going to understand it and hear it.'" Miller and Wentz were convicted in connection with the murders and sentenced to prison, according to People magazine.
Patrick Duffy's mother was doing a crossword puzzle when two armed men returned to the bar she and her husband owned in Montana, and one of them shot her husband.
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- That's when they opened up on him and killed him," Duffy said.
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Duffy previously told Closer Weekly that he still remembered his parents as "pretty ordinary, pleasant people" who were "very social" before the murders.
- "And then my mother was on the other end of the bar doing a crossword puzzle and took a couple steps running towards dad.
- "There was nobody in the bar except my father and my mother, and they walked in with their shotguns.
- Duffy's parents, Marie and Terence, were the only ones in the bar when the gunmen returned.
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