Christian LeBlanc secretly battled cancer
'The Young and the Restless' star Christian LeBlanc has been secretly battling cancer. The 65-year-old actor - who portrays Michael Baldwin in the long-running show - explained his months-long absence from the soap was a result of him being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer which develops in plasma cells in the bone marrow, in June. He told CBS affiliate 4WWL: "I'd never spent a day in the hospital in my 65 years until this year. "It's a common cancer but a very fast-moving one." Christian was aware something was wrong with his health because of various signs including rapid weig...