Lee Phillip Bell Dies: Co-Creator Of ‘The Young And The Restless’, Dead at 91

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://deadline.com/2020/02/lee-ph...d-the-beautiful-co-creator-was-91-1202869165/

Lee Phillip Bell, who along with her late husband William J. Bell created CBS’ The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, two of the most popular soap operas in TV history, died yesterday. She was 91.

Bell’s death was announced by her children, William James Bell, Bradley Phillip Bell and longtime Young and the Restless actress Lauralee Bell Martin. A cause of death was not immediately available.

An Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, Bell also won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series as co-creator of The Young and the Restless in 1975 and was recipient of the Daytime Emmys’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007

Lee Phillip Bell also did Bold and the Beautiful.

 

[crainbebo]

Terrible news. Lee & William helped make Y&R one of the most popular soaps on television, and it's still on CBS, 47 years later. You are now reunited with William, Jeanne Cooper and Kristoff St. John. Thank you for what you've done Ms. Bell. RIP.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I enjoyed the show many years ago. I'm sure I still might if I had the time. All I do these days is read newspaper summaries of what's going on. Last time I saw it was the wonderful episode after Jeanne Cooper died which showed her outstanding final scene. I liked his daughter who was Cricket back when she was introduced. She's a big part of the show now but they don't call her that anymore.

 

[crainbebo]

Christine Blair, Paul's wife.

 

[radioman148]

Lee Phillip had a large presence on Chicago TV for many years. WBBM-TV