Amy Grant has open heart surgery to fix heart condition

Singer Amy Grant performs during the Dove Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Oct. 15, 2019. Image: AP/Mark Humphrey

A publicist for Amy Grant says the contemporary Christian singer had open heart surgery on Wednesday to fix a heart condition she has had since birth.

Doctors discovered Grant had a heart condition called partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) during a routine checkup. Velvet Kelm, her publicist, said Grant’s doctor said the surgery “couldn’t have gone better.”

Grant, who has been married to country singer Vince Gill for 20 years, is a six-time Grammy winner with well-known crossover pop hits like “Baby, Baby”, “Every Heartbeat” and “That’s What Love is For”. She’s sold more than 30 million albums, including her five-times platinum 1991 record “Heart in Motion”, that introduced her to a larger pop audience. RGA

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