Biggest Soap Opera Headlines of the Week: Replaced Stars on 2 Shows, a Young & the Restless Actor Who Was Hospitalized & More

The Young and the Restless’ Jennifer Leak Passes Away

Jennifer Leak, who played Gwen Sherman on Y&TR in the ’70s and appeared in other soap operas over the years, sadly passed away at the age of 76. She had reportedly been diagnosed with a rare neurological disease called progressive supranuclear palsy seven years ago.

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The Young and the Restless recasts Harrison Abbott

Y&TR announced plans to recast Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor)’s son Harrison. He was previously played by Kellen Enriquez and will now be played by Redding Munsell. Fans are wondering what this might mean as Kyle and Summer Newman (Allison Lanier) are hinting at a potential rekindling.

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