R.I.P. Gayle Hunnicutt: ‘Dallas’ Actress Dead at 80

Actress Gayle Hunnicutt, best known for playing Vanessa Beaumont in the soap opera Dallas, died Aug. 31 in a London hospital. She was 80. Her cause of death was an unspecified illness, according to her former husband, journalist Simon Jenkins, who confirmed her passing to The Washington Post.