John Abbott (Y&R)

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Soap opera character
John Abbott
Date of birth	Unknown
Date of death	August 18th, 2006
Gender	Male
Parents	Robert Abbott (father, deceased)
Siblings	None
Marriages	Dina Abbott Mergeron (divorced) Jessica Blair (deceased) Jill Foster (divorced, first time) Jill Foster (divorced, second time) Gloria Fisher (invalid, first time) Gloria Fisher (invalid, second time)
Children	Jack Abbott (son, with Dina) Traci Abbott Connelly (daughter, with Dina) Billy Abbott (son, with Jill) Ashley Abbott (step-daughter, via Dina)
Occupation	Founder, former CEO and Chairman of the board of Jabot Cosmetics
Portrayer	Jerry Douglas (1982-2006, 2007) Brett Halsey (1980-1982)

John Abbott was a fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. The character is played by Jerry Douglas from 1982 to August 2006 and previously by Brett Halsey from 1980 to 1982.

[edit] Character History

The founder of Genoa City conglomerate Jabot Cosmetics and a wealthy pillar of the community, John Abbott was married to Dina and had two grown children, Jack (Peter Bergman) and Traci (Beth Maitland). He them married Jill Foster Abbott and had son Billy (Scott Seymour). In 2004, he married Gloria Fisher, though the marriage later proved to be invalid, when it Gloria discoverd that her divorce from previous husband Tom Fisher had never been finalized. John then remarried Gloria in a small ceremony in his home. He also had four stepchildren: Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson), daughter of Dina (although John never knew he wasn't her biological father), Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell), and Gloria's two sons, Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc), and Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart).

Shortly before his dedath, John had been serving seven years in prison for murdering Gloria's ex-husband, Tom Fisher (Roscoe Born), who made threats to Ashley and who he believed had murdered Michael's wife Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman).

John had previously been married to Dina Mergeron (Marla Adams), Jessica Blair (Rebecca Street) and twice to Jill Foster (Jess Walton) and had affairs with Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper), Ellen Winters (Jennifer Karr) (notable for being Y&R's first interracial pairing), Joanna Manning (Susan Seaforth Hayes), Mamie Johnson (Veronica Redd) (another interracial affair) and Gina Roma (Patty Weaver).

Prior to being released from prison, John noticed trouble seeing out of his right eye. At the hospital, it was found that he had a stroke. He had another massive stroke, which left him incapable of breathing on his own. His wife, Gloria, decided to let John go after Jack threatened her with legal action. John was taken off life support and died on August 18, 2006 with his family and close friends by his side.

After his death, it was revealed that John's second marriage to Gloria was also not valid, as his lawyer never filed the papers with the court. Though he intended to leave half of his estate to Gloria, Jack exploited a period of temporary dementia his father was experiencing, by coercing him into writing a new will, in which he left his estate to the Jack, Ashley, Traci and Billy.

Since October 2006, John has been appearing as a spirit to his son, Jack, berating him for his shabby treatment of Gloria, and his unethical business dealings.