
In the midseason finale of Grey’s Anatomy’s 22nd season, a major storyline revealed that Richard Webber, a character who has been on the show since the beginning, was diagnosed with cancer. Actor Jesse Williams, who plays Webber, recently shared with Black Health Matters that he himself was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He described his reaction to the news, noting that the disease has a history in his family. “It’s not the kind of news anyone wants to hear,” Williams said, “but honestly, prostate cancer runs in my family. My father had it, and several of his brothers did too, so I wouldn’t have been surprised if I hadn’t gotten it.”