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R.I.P. Jerry Douglas – Veteran Actor from ‘The Young and the Restless’ Dies at 88

On Tuesday, November 9, Jerry Douglas, a more than 30-year veteran cast member of CBS’ “The Young and the Restless,” joining the series in March 1982 as Abbott patriarch John Abbott, died after a brief illness. The 88-year-old would have celebrated his 89th birthday on Friday, November 12. (more…)

Jerry Douglas (November 12, 1932 – November 9, 2021)  Television and film actor. For 25 years Douglas reigned as patriarch John Abbott in the fictional Genoa City on the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless. In 2006, his character was killed off, but his character later made special appearances.

See, there’s two kinds of doctors. There’s the kind that gets rid of their feelings and the kind that keeps them. If you’re going to keep your feelings, you’re going to get sick from time to time. That’s just how it works. Keep your head down. People come in here and they’re sick and dying and bleeding, and they need our help. Helping them is more important than how we feel.