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12.11.2021 / 01:17
Jerry Douglas, 'Young and the Restless' star, dead at 88
NEW YORK -- Jerry Douglas, who played handsome family patriarch John Abbott on “The Young and the Restless” for over 30 years, has died.Douglas died Tuesday after a brief illness, just three days before his 89th birthday, according to a family spokesman.He last appeared on the CBS daytime soap opera in 2016.“Our show was lucky to have an actor of his caliber join the Y&R cast and introduce the audience to the iconic Abbott family,” Anthony Morina, executive producer of “The Young and the