John Abbott, Sr. is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is the patriarch of the Abbotts, one of the core families that was introduced to the show in the early 1980s. The character was played by Jerry Douglas from 1982 to August 21, 2006 (with guest appearances from September 1, 2006 onward) and previously by Brett Halsey from 1980 to 1982.
The founder of Genoa City conglomerate Jabot Cosmetics and a wealthy pill...
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John Abbott, Sr. is a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. He is the patriarch of the Abbotts, one of the core families that was introduced to the show in the early 1980s. The character was played by Jerry Douglas from 1982 to August 21, 2006 (with guest appearances from September 1, 2006 onward) and previously by Brett Halsey from 1980 to 1982.
The founder of Genoa City conglomerate Jabot Cosmetics and a wealthy pillar of the community, John Abbott was married to Dina Mergeron (played by Marla Adams) and had three adult children, Jack (Peter Bergman), Ashley (Eileen Davidson), and Traci (Beth Maitland). He then married Jill Foster Abbott and had son Billy (Billy Miller). In 2004, he married Gloria Fisher, though the marriage later proved to be invalid when Gloria discovered that her divorce from previous husband Tom Fisher had never been finalized. John later remarried Gloria in a small ceremony in his home. He also had three stepchildren: Christine Blair...
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