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Sad news for those who love watchin’ their stories! Jeanne Cooper, who portrayed Katherine Chancellor on “The Young and the Restless” died today after falling ill from an infection. She was 84.

TMZ reports Cooper joined the show after its debut in 1973, and was nominated for 10 Daytime Emmy Awards.

Her character Katherine was groundbreaking in daytime … she went through bouts of alcoholism, lost four husbands and a child … and even had lesbian flings.

Watch the groundbreaking Jeanne Cooper do her thing: