‘Y&R’s’ Phyllis Summers: While You Were Sleeping… (Photos) + Gina Tognoni’s First Airdate Revealed!

Katherine Died

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.