Posted on 12/27/2019 2:34:14 PM PST by grey_whiskers
Radio shock jock Don Imus, one of the early pioneers of his genre, died Friday less than two years after retiring, according to a family statement given to NBC New York.
He was 79.
The controversial morning personality’s last day on the radio was on March 29 of last year. He had announced on Jan. 22 that he was retiring, telling fans: “Turn out the lights...the party's over."
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He had the longest eyebrows I’ve ever seen...RIP Don.
Don Imus broadcasting during the 9/11/01 attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygzD22144s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqSGL-2LEXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GunPE4piigc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOU3D-bCSFw
It was the tattoos rather than the hair. When push came to shove, even Rutgers’ coach was ashamed of them. She wouldn’t admit it though.
I started listing to talk radio because of Imus on WFAN in the late 80s.
The extraordinary Don Imus has passed. A true legend. May he RIP. (A more worthy tribute when I return to our beloved radio airwaves.)https://t.co/p06SVeBSEo— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 28, 2019
I’ll check it out.
The movie has great atmosphere.
I agree.
I was listening to Imus that morning! What a day that was.
Rest in Peace, Don.
He was one of a kind.
wasn’t he on the Farm Channel for awhile?
he was creepy....thought he was soooo funny....but he was more pathetic than funny.....
Always remember one of the first times he went out to the southwest and his jet sank into the runway tarmac... That was great listening for the next couple of months...
I found this on wiki
” In 1957, while living in Prescott, Arizona, Imus dropped out of high school and joined the United States Marine Corps at Base Camp Pendleton where he was stationed in the artillery division before transferring to the drum and bugle corps.[5][9] He left the marines with an honorable discharge, and secured work as a window dresser in San Bernardino before he was fired for performing strip teases on the mannequins for passers by.[5]”
I remember one morning Imus was complaining about the DMV in New York. That got my attention. I resonated with it after spending 7 hours in the NY DMV.
His girlfriend/wife tried to pay for the car registration but the woman at the DMV wouldn’t take the money until she removed her “breastesses” from the counter.
Good grief - imagine having breastesses that big that you have to remove them from a counter.
Thank you.
R.I.P. Don and thanks for some great radio.
But the ringmaster and undisputed leader of this madness was Don Imus who had politicians and personalities of every persuasion regularly calling in and actually having conversations. Yes, he was no saint and not for everyone, and he could be cranky and ill-tempered, and was a drunk and drug addict, but he never shied away from saying who he was and along the way entertained millions and helped a lot of very sick kids with his ranch and radiothons. A mixed legacy for sure. RIP, I-man.
That glub-glub-glub sound effect he played whenever he mentioned Ted Kennedy was brutal, and richly deserved.
On a trip across the country I stopped by the Autobody Express in Santa Fe, NM to pick up a T-shirt for a friend. Somehow I expected the store to be big, but it was just a nice family business.
Rest in peace.
Yup. That's why I listened to him for the better part of three decades. I go back with him to when he had that black sidekick (producer) Flash. ALWAYS helped me start my day with a smile.
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