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Marla Adams, Longtime ‘The Young and the Restless’ Actor, Dies at 85


Marla Adams, who played Dina Abbott Mergeron on CBS' "The Young and the Restless" for 37 years, died April 25. She was 85.

Adams began her career in the daytime drama genre in 1968 on “The Secret Storm.” She played Belle Clemens on the show until 1974, and would go on to join “The Young and the Restless” in 1982. It would be revealed that her character was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, and in 2021, Adams won a Daytime Emmy Award for this storyline. “On behalf of the entire company of ‘The Young and the Restless,’ we send our deepest sympathies to Marla’s family,” Josh Griffith, producer and head writer on “Y&R” said in an official statement.

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