Colleen Zenk is reflecting on her surprising departure from The Young and the Restless. "I'm sad Jordan went away so quickly," Zenk, 72, told TV Insider in an interview published on Tuesday, January 28.

On the heels of Young & Restless penning a rather anti-climactic end for Claire’s crazy aunt, fans expressed dismay over Jordan’s death, and it turns out they’re not the only ones who felt that way. Colleen Zenk,

Colleen Zenk admits that she’s disappointed her run as The Young and the Restless ’ Jordan Howard has come to an end. “I’m sad Jordan went away so quickly,” she says of her alter ego, who met her maker last week after swallowing poisoned tea. “I thought that Ian [ Ray Wise] and Jordan would go out like Bonnie and Clyde together.”

Colleen Zenk ended her memorable run as Jordan on Young and Restless in dramatic fashion on Friday, January 24, when her character deliberately overdosed on tea containing crushed-up sleeping pills.

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