<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Gerald Rubenstein (1932 - 11 - 12) November 12, 1932 (age 85) Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Arlene Martel (1962--divorced) Kymberly Bankier (1985--present) </Td> </Tr> <P> Jerry Douglas (born November 12, 1932) is an American television and film actor . For 25 years Jerry Douglas reigned in fictional Genoa City as patriarch John Abbott on the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless . In 2006, his character was killed off, however, he has made special appearances since then . </P> <P> Douglas was born as Gerald Rubenstein in Chelsea, Massachusetts to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe . He was raised in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Douglas went to Brandeis University to earn a degree in economics . Eight months into law school in Manhattan, he gave up the books and started auditioning . However, his lack of training frustrated him, and he eventually moved then - wife, actress Arlene Martel, and their daughter Avra Douglas to California . </P>

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