"She was a role model to me in what it takes to be a great woman." Kate Linder plays Esther Valentine, Kay Chancellor's longtime maid on the show. "My heart is breaking for Jeanne Cooper's ...

The Young and the Restless star Jeanne Cooper, who played Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap for four decades, died in her sleep Wednesday morning at 84. “Mom passed this morning.

Cooper remained a cast member on The Young and the Restless until her death American soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who spent 40 years on The Young and the Restless, has died at the age of 84.