Regis Philbin To Undergo Bypass Surgery

NEW YORK, NY (March 12, 2007) — Regis Philbin’s having bypass surgery this week.

He made the announcement on “Live With Regis and Kelly.”

He says, “I’ve been feeling chest pains, shortness of breath and all those little symptoms that you hear about.” And he says after a number of tests, doctors recommended the bypass. But, Philbin says he’s definitely not happy about it, saying, “Darn it, I don’t want to do it.”

Philbin says he was hoping to get away with an angioplasty, but he says “there’s some plaque in some arteries and I’ve got to get it cleaned out.”

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