Katherine Died
![Sean Smith/JPI Studios](http://media.soapoperanetwork.com/2014/06/theyoungandtherestless_phyllis_whileyouweresleeping_jillmourningcane_02_w640.jpg)
Phyllis wasn’t the only feisty lady that Genoa City lost last year: The town’s matriarch, Katherine Chancellor, died in her sleep on August 1, 2013, after a real-life illness took the life of her portrayer, Jeanne Cooper, on May 8, 2013.