Steve Bartelstein: "I Have Cancer"

Longtime WABC reporter Steve Bartelstein just disclosed that he has testicular cancer to Cindy Adams. The unfortunate news helps to explain numerous incidents where the morning anchorman showed up late for work, which culiminated in him getting fired after falling asleep on air. But CBS has shown interest in picking him up after he recovers:

Yesterday, the first day his WABC contract allowed him to speak out, he told me I might speak out about his whereabouts.

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