`Young and the Restless` honors Kristoff St. John, his work
(WorldNews Entertainment)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - As `The Young and the Restless` head writer Josh Griffith screened the episode in which Neil Winters` family learns of his death, the tears began to flow. Viewers might brace for a similar reaction when the CBS daytime serial says farewell to Neil and to Kristoff St. John, the actor who played the character for nearly three decades. St. John, who died at age 52 in February of heart disease, helped cement the prominence of major African-American characters in the traditionally white soap opera world. During a four-episode story arc airing Tuesday through Friday, Neil`s friends and family gather in fictional Genoa City to remember the businessman whose full life included...