Really Dead! CBS Legend Passes Away At Age 75 For Young and Restless Fans
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James Hotton died of mesothelioma on August 27, 2024, at the age of 75, but his wife Karen did not want to discuss the matter until now.
Our sister site explains that Hotton’s name may not be immediately familiar to you, but trust us—you know his work as an actor. He got his big break when he was cast in The Young and the Restless as lawyer Greg Foster, Nikki Newman’s first husband. He was replaced by Yellowstone MVP in 1979.
Hotton was among the original cast of Dallas spinoff Knots Landing as record producer Kenny Ward. He generated more broken hearts than hit singles—just ask the long-suffering Mrs. Ward, Ginger. Below, that’s her catching her better half in a compromising position with J.R. Ewing’s former mistress, special guest vixen Kristen Shepard.
Later, Hotton passed through the Dynasty spin-off as Senator Cash Cassidy, a formidable foe of Charlton Heston’s Jason Colby, who was not accustomed to meeting resistance of any kind. Blake Carrington never had to put up with that sort of bleep!
In 1991, Hotton returned to Genoa City—this time in the writer’s room as a scribe for The Young and the Restless. He won four Daytime Emmys and was nominated with the other members of the team a whopping 14 times.
Hotton is survived by his wife Karen, a sister, his mother, two kids, and a grandson.
