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Don Imus Biography
Birth Name:
John Donald Imus Jr.
Birth Place:
Riverside, California, United States
Profession
Talk-show host, writer
Fast Facts
- Began as a disc jockey in 1968 in Sacramento, CA
- Worked at WNBC in New York at the same time as fellow shock jock Howard Stern (Imus is portrayed in Stern's 1997 film Private Parts by actor Luke Reilly)
- Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989
- Runs the Imus Ranch in New Mexico, a nonprofit cattle ranch for children with cancer
Relationships
- Fred Imus -- Brother
- John Donald Imus -- Father
- Frederick Wyatt Imus -- Son
- Deirdre Imus -- Wife