Don Imus was born on 23rd July 1940. His star sign is Leo. He was born in California, U.S. His birth name was John Donald Imus Jr. Imus is a radio and TV talk show host, humorist and a writer by profession. He was born to Frances and John Donald Imus Sr. Don Imus had a brother named Fred Imus. They were raised on a cattle ranch in the state of Arizona. Imus was a part of Marine Corps.

The radio host battled alcoholism in his early days. Imus is an active philanthropist. He was the owner of Imus Ranch, a working cattle ranch in New Mexico, for providing aid to children with cancer. Don Imus was married to Harriet Showalter, but the marriage did not work well. The couple got divorced in the year 1979. Imus then married Deirdre Coleman on 17th December 1994. Imus has five kids, named Toni, Nadine, Frederick Wyatt, Elizabeth and Ashley.

Career

Don Imus is an American host of a nationally syndicated talk show, Imus in the Morning. He is one of the earliest shock jock radio hosts. Imus entertained using an unusual style of humor and a melodramatic exaggeration, which many listeners took as offensive. His programs have been controversial all through his career. Imus was a brakeman in his early days. He also worked as a songwriter and singer at Otis nightclub.

He started his career as a disko-jockey on 28th June 1968 at KUTY in California. Imus also worked at KXOA, a radio station in California. In his radio career, he recorded 3 albums in addition to 2 for the RCA Victor label and a single for the Bang label. Imus was a part of Cleveland radio, to fulfil the role of afternoon drive host on WHK. Imus was on a Nationally syndicated TV talk show, Imus Plus on WNEW-TV by Metromedia.

He was a video jockey for the launch of the VH-1 cable network in the year 1985. Imus raised around $60 million for the Center for the Intrepid, a rehabilitation facility based in Texas, for wounded soldiers in the Iraq war. Imus has also appeared on a radio talk show Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton. Imus has a long standing rivalry with Howard Stern, when they worked together at WNBC. The radio host also has issues with the Texas Congressman Joe Barton. Imus was also sued by Dr. Howard Allen Pearson for civil assault.

Imus was awarded three Marconi awards for Market Personality of the year. He was honored in the National Radio Hall of Fame. Imus was on the cover of Time magazine in the year 2007. The multi talented Imus is the author of the book. Two Guys Four Corners. He came out with a Cookbook with his wife Deirde titled, Cooking for Kids and Cowboys.

His comedy albums included, This Honk's Nuts, 1200 Hamburgers To Go and One Sacred Chicken To Go with Anthrax. Imus was nominated for the Grammy in 1996 for Best Spoken Comedy album for God's Other Son. Imus has 23,824 followers on Twitter. He has 15,841 likes and 15,560 followers on Facebook. Imus has earned a Net worth of around $45 million.