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John Donald "Don" Imus, Jr. (born July 23, 1940) is an American radio host, humorist, landscape photographer, philanthropist and writer. His nationally syndicated talk show, ''Imus in the Morning'', is broadcast throughout the United States by Cumulus Media Networks. ==Personal life== Imus was born in Riverside, California,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don Imus Biography )〕 the son of Frances E. (née Moore) and John Donald Imus, Sr., and the older brother of talk show host Fred Imus. He was raised on a sprawling cattle ranch called The Willows near Kingman, Arizona. He served in the Marine Corps as a bugler from 1957 to 1960. Imus battled alcoholism during his early career in New York, but in 1987 finally pursued effective treatment. (As of 2013, he has remained sober for 26 years).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don Imus still sober after 21 years )〕 In 1988, with his cocaine and alcohol addictions now legendary in show business, Imus reshaped his show from strictly comedy into a forum for political issues, charitable causes and news-based parodies, being largely inspired by Howard Stern's format. In 1979, he divorced his first wife, Harriet. He married his second wife, Deirdre Coleman on December 17, 1994. He has two stepdaughters that he adopted from his first marriage (Nadine and Tony), two daughters from that marriage (Ashley and Elizabeth), three grandchildren (two from Elizabeth and one from Ashley), and one son, Frederick Wyatt (nicknamed "Wyatt", born July 3, 1998), from his current marriage. Both Don and Deirdre Imus are vegan. In 1999, Imus and his wife founded the Imus Ranch, a working cattle ranch near Ribera, New Mexico, southeast of Santa Fe, for children with cancer, as well as siblings of SIDS victims. Until its closing in 2014, the Imus family volunteered their time at the Imus ranch between Memorial Day and Labor Day each year. Imus continued his broadcasts from a studio there, while the rest of his cast broadcast from New York. In 2000, Imus suffered serious injuries after a fall from a horse at his ranch, and broadcast several shows from a hospital. The injuries resulted in chronic breathing problems, especially at higher altitudes, he has complained on his program. On March 16, 2009, Imus announced on his radio show that he had been diagnosed with stage two prostate cancer. On his September 9, 2014, broadcast, he announced that the New Mexico ranch would be sold, due to his "health and other issues". Proceeds from the property's sale would go to a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, he said. In October, 2014, the ranch was offered for sale with an asking price of $32 million. Imus maintains three residences; an apartment in Manhattan, a ranch in Brenham, Texas, acquired in 2013, and his New Mexico ranch. His former Westport, Connecticut, waterfront mansion was sold that same year for $14.4 million. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Imus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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