ALEX MAG: 'Dallas' Star Patrick Duffy Recalls Horrific Night His Parents Were Murdered by Shotgun-Wielding Teens

'Dallas' Star Patrick Duffy Recalls Horrific Night His Parents Were Murdered by Shotgun-Wielding TeensJensen Bird Thu, November 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM UTC

Patrick Duffy opened up about his parents' deaths. BY: STILLHEREHOLLYWOODPODCAST W/STEVEKMETKO/YOUTUBE, MEGA

Dallas star Patrick Duffy opened up about the harrowing tale of his parents' deaths.

On the November 9 episode of Steve Kmetko's "Still Here Hollywood" podcast, the actor, 77, revealed his parents were shot and killed by teenagers.

On the fatal night in 1986, Terrance Duffy had kicked out drunken teenagers who were causing trouble at the Boulder, Mont., bar he and wife Marie owned.

Marie and Terrance Duffy's Deaths

Patrick Duffy's parents died in a bar shooting in Montana. BY: STILLHEREHOLLYWOODPODCAST W/STEVEKMETKO/YOUTUBE

Rather than taking their business elsewhere, the 19-year-old pair "let the anger boil up" and returned with weapons in hand.

"It was very late at night," Patrick recalled. "There was nobody in the bar except my father and my mother. And they walked in with their shotguns."

Terrance saw them coming and began to tell them off again before gunfire rang out.

According to Patrick, Marie was working on a crossword puzzle at the other end of the bar and immediately rushed to her husband's aid, but she, too, was shot and killed.

Who Killed Patrick Duffy's Parents?

Patrick Duffy called the crime 'stupid.' BY: MEGA

The gunmen were identified as Sean Wentz and Kenneth A. Miller.

"If that wasn't stupid enough, they jumped over the cash register, took the money and a couple of bottles of booze and then left," Patrick revealed.

Following the murders, they allegedly stole a pickup truck and visited Sean's girlfriend, who called the police after they admitted to their crimes.

"So what they did was compound what could have been, you know, manslaughter," Patrick added. "I don't know the legalities of this, but it was in the commission of a felony. They were robbing a bar and committed murder. So they went off to prison."

Terrance and Marie's bodies were discovered by a group of people who stopped by later for a drink.

The gunmen were arrested and sentenced to over 100 years in prison.

How Patrick Duffy Learned of Their Deaths

Patrick Duffy learned of his parents' deaths while in California. BY: MEGA

Patrick learned about the incident from his sister the following morning while he was living in California to work on Dallas. The producers of the drama chartered a private jet so he could go back home as he quickly gained media attention surrounding his parents' death.

"So, that was fine," he shared.

Patrick then had to break the news of their murders to his children, Padraic and Conor, whom he shared with late ballet dancer Carlyn Rosser.

"They were getting up to go to school," he explained. "And I said to the boys, I said, 'Padraic, Conor, we have to go in now. I'm going to chant with you.'"

Patrick Duffy's Buddhist Beliefs

Patrick Duffy is a practicing Buddhist. BY: MEGA

Patrick is a practicing Buddhist, so chanting was part of his children's morning routine.

"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,'" he said. "And they went, 'OK.'"

Patrick noted that his "Buddhist philosophy" helped him to cope with Marie and Terrance's sudden and tragic deaths.

"The Buddhist philosophy is one of a continuous life cycle of your entity, for lack of a better word," he shared. "But I didn't study that at all. I was just chanting because it felt good. It felt right. It made my life feel better."

"This is the end of something, but it's not the final of anything," he added. "You know everything that I held dear continues."