New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- Grey's Anatomy actor James Pickens Jr has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 71-year-old has played the role of Dr Richard Webber since the first season of the show. In the season 22 midseason finale, his character, Dr Webber, is revealed to have cancer, but it is not mentioned which kind.

In real life, Pickens opened up about his prostate cancer diagnosis in a conversation with Black Health Matters. He shared that his father, too, had prostate cancer, along with many other men in his family.

He told the organization, as quoted by Entertainment Weekly, "It's not the kind of news anyone wants to hear, but to be honest, prostate cancer has run through my family. My father had it. He had a lot of brothers; sever...