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Jimmy Kimmel’s Son Billy, 7, Undergoes Third Open-Heart Surgery


Jimmy Kimmel says his 7-year-old son, Billy, underwent his third open-heart surgery over Memorial Day Weekend — read Kimmel's emotional account of the procedure

“We went into this experience with a lot of optimism and nearly as much fear and came out with a new valve inside a happy, healthy kid,” Kimmel, 56, revealed via Instagram on Monday, May 27. host was previously married to Gina Kimmel, and they became parents in 1991 when daughter Katherine arrived, followed by son Kevin two years later. Trista Sutter, Selena Gomez, Ellen DeGeneres and more stars have opened up about their unexpected illnesses and injuries — read more

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