'Dallas star Patrick Duffy says mother was killed rushing to husband after gunmen opened fire at bar

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.Moments later, she rushed toward him and was shot and killed, too.The "Dallas" star, 77, recalled the final moments of his parents' lives during an appearance on the "Still Here Hollywood" podcast, revealing how the double murder unfolded and how he found the strength to carry on.The murders took place nearly 40 years ago, on Nov.

18, 1986.'DALLAS' STAR PATRICK DUFFY AND LINDA PURL RECALL START OF SURPRISING LOVE STORY: 'BOTH NERVOUS AS TEENAGERS'Patrick Duffy was starring as Bobby Ewing on the hit television series "Dallas" when his parents, Terence and Marie Duffy, were shot and killed during a robbery at their Montana bar on Nov.18, 1986.

(CBS via Getty Images)"My parents were murdered when two young men robbed the bar that my parents owned in Montana," the actor told host Steve Kmetko."My dad had thrown these two boys out because they were drunk and obstreperous.

He just threw them out of the bar, and they went somewhere, finished whatever they were drinking, and the anger boiled up and they went back in."Sean A.Wentz and Kenneth A.

Miller were both 19 at the time, People magazine reported.Duffy's parents, Marie and Terence, were the only ones in the bar when the gunmen returned.From left: Charlene Tilton, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Sheree J.

Wilson won the TV Land Pop Culture Award for "Dallas." (L.Cohen/WireImage)"It was very late at night," Duffy said.

"There was nobody in the bar except my father and my mother, and they walked in with their shotguns.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 ONLINEDuffy's father never finished his sentence."...

That's when they opened up on him and killed him," Duffy ...