{"id":1734,"date":"2012-12-02T13:41:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2022-01-09T12:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T20:21:04","slug":"larry-hagman-a-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/larry-hagman-a-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Hagman- A Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Larry left a message on my cell phone the day before we were to meet for another event where he played the real-life role of \u201cHonorary President\u201d of our non-profit charity, World Team Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some knew him as \u201cMaster\u201d in\u00a0I Dream of Jeanie<\/i>, others as \u201cJR\u201d in\u00a0Dallas<\/i> but we knew Larry Hagman, as the Honorary President\/Chairman of our organization and a strong advocate. Larry was an innovator and inspiration for many, with his use of renewable energy! We loved his appreciation for nature and humanity\u2014 and his spirit! The spirit that lived through Larry\u2019s voice even on a message remains memorable.<\/p>\n

Larry had a big heart, not just for our charity, but for the world at large. He was dedicated to our mutual vision and goals to demonstrate the use of renewable energy\u2014 and to \u2018play to transform our world\u2019.\u00a0 We shared a mutual inquiry of how to live in better balance with ourselves, one another, and our global resources. World Team Now redefined the value of resources through the acronym of T<\/b>.ime,\u00a0E<\/b>.nery,\u00a0A<\/b>.ction, and\u00a0M<\/b>.oney with the key being in the balance, and using our own lives as experiments. Larry very much lived into that.<\/p>\n

When I first met Larry as a journalist covering the Solar Expo where he was a keynote speaker, I was surprised to learn he had the largest collection of personal solar power in use in our country and arguably, our world. \u00a0His Ojai Ranch produced a surplus of energy, energy independence would be, “Heaven”. \u00a0When he showered the audience at the expo with his paper money\u2014 bills larger than the government printed, he demonstrated the spirit of \u201cpossibility,\u201d that many of his characters mastered: to go beyond what was fathomable, reasonable, or even possible. This act demonstrated his ideal that ALL people were to be included in abundance. It is in this spirit that he would become my friend and supporter of the dream with our World Team Now. I also learned Larry had been friends with my cousin Suzanne Pleshette<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0Larry understood the big picture view of world systems and what motivated our world to action, and saw a need for change, and began that change. He also really understood what it was to be human, to embrace change and attempt to make use of the duality of the human condition\u2014 to learn from what didn’t work, to create what does work.<\/p>\n

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Larry stayed with us over the years through many changes, one of them was the name change\u2014\u00a0originally we were Team World Corps\u2014\u00a0to World Team Now. Larry was at our first event in 2007 at The Sunset Restaurant with SolarWorld. \u00a0\u00a0I will always remember that after the fashion show, when the sun was about to set, Larry had us all hold hands as he led the countdown, \u201cTen, nine, eight\u2026.\u201d He was waiting for the mysterious green flash\u2014 when it came time, \u00a0he hoisted our hands up in\u00a0the air exclaiming, \u201cBong- Dong!\u201d\u00a0\"Image\"<\/a>This was at the SolarWorld event, and it made my heart shine to know Larry later would end up being a spokesman for solar energy through SolarWorld.\u00a0 He leaves the legacy of reminding us all to “Shine Baby, Shine”…\u00a0and we are happy to see that energy shine out to our world.<\/p>\n

Over the years, from 2007 to 2012, Larry supported projects and events.\u00a0This past year, the event was to do an upgrade and installation of new electric vehicle chargers at the City of Malibu, which\u00a0World Team Now cajoled the city to take action for this project<\/a>.\u00a0 This time, we brought a team of celebrities, some media, and new electric vehicles from Hertz, like Nissan\u2019s Leaf, and the Tesla Roadster, and we all participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony and driving of vehicles.\u00a0 Larry loved that he could sit in the driver\u2019s seat of the Leaf with plenty of room to wear his iconic hat. Larry was eager to get his all-electric vehicle and ready to charge it to solar or wind energy.\u00a0 He was an innovator. We still have to edit the footage from this event.\u00a0\u00a0It is most challenging when people die and there are projects incomplete, thus is the case with Larry\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

I decided to re-save and not delete Larry\u2019s old message many times, as I would again the day before he died. After learning that Larry crossed, I listened to his message, and on it was a voice I could hear eternally. I returned the call, hearing his voice message brought tears, \u201c You’ve reached Heaven South,\u201d had new meaning. Larry kept me laughing, afterlife\u2026<\/p>\n

Spell \u201cevil\u201d backwards, and what do you get? Live. He has gifted many people the ability to live a better life. \u201cEvil Does Good\u201d is a great name for his new foundation; please honor Larry with a gift. He lived \u2018Life to the Maxx,\u2019 and he will live on through us all! In gratitude, we offer this Universal Prayer!<\/a>
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