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Sidney J. Kimmel (born January 16, 1928) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and film producer. He is ranked 2141st in the Forbes list of the richest people alive in 2021. [1]
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show, since 2003. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012, 2016 and 2020.
Kimmel's mother is of Italian ancestry from Ischia, whose family migrated to the United States following the 1883 earthquake, while two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants.
- His Dad Worked for IBM & His Mom Was a Homemaker. Although Kimmel, 48, was born in Brooklyn, his parents moved to Las Vegas when he was 9 years old. His father, Jim, used to work for IBM, and his mother, Joan, is a homemaker, according to People Magazine.
- He Has 2 Grown Children From His First Marriage. Kimmel met his first wife, Gina Maddy, while attending Arizona State University, when he was 19. They married two years later in 1988.
- He Has 2 Children With His Wife Molly McNearney. In July 2013, Kimmel married Molly McNearney, the co-head writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The soiree was packed with plenty of celebrity guests, including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and John Krasinski according to People Magazine.
- His Uncle, Frank Potenza, Was on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Before His Death in 2011 & His Aunt Chippy Is a Regular. For many years, Kimmel featured his uncle, Frank Potenza, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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- Jimmy Kimmel is narcoleptic. While it might seem a little ironic that a late-night talk show host would have a sleep disorder, this is true for Jimmy Kimmel, who suffers from narcolepsy.
- He got his start on a radio show. While still in high school, Kimmel took inspiration from David Letterman and began hosting a radio show for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before eventually joining a morning radio show in Seattle called "The Me and Him Show" as the host, as reported by Variety.
- Carson Daly was his intern. Talk about networking. You may remember Carson Daly from his many years hosting MTV's "Total Request Live," but what some people don't know is that Jimmy Kimmel actually kickstarted his broadcast career.
- Jimmy Kimmel has a feud with Matt Damon. Matt Damon has famously been the target of Jimmy Kimmel's ongoing ridicule since the early 2000s. According to Time, during a rather boring episode in 2003, Kimmel sarcastically slipped in the phrase "my apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time" just to make his producers laugh and continued to end almost every show that way since.
Though his deeds are worthy of attention, he does not crave the spotlight. Once called a “Quiet Giant” of the fashion industry by Women’s Wear Daily, it is a title equally applicable to his philanthropy. Born in 1928, Sidney Kimmel grew up in Philadelphia during the Great Depression.
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KIMMEL, SIDNEY (1928– ), U.S. businessman, philanthropist. The son of a Philadelphia cab driver, Kimmel, a self-made man, became not only a leading apparel manufacturer but possibly the biggest individual donor to cancer research in the U.S.
