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This Isn’t Our Last Love Letter

Dear Don Don,

Way back in 92

I walked into the room and knew

Never felt this way before

I shook your hand while gazing into your eyes

And the feeling grew

As I took a seat I knew

A love that would have my heart

Forever

I knew

Way back in 92

They say love at first sight doesn’t always last or isn’t true

We were the exception to that rule

Our love had no where to hide

A spark set fire

As if this is how the universe started

I never doubted our love or what we could do

Together we grew

Forming a bond everlasting

That became our glue

My euphoria was YOU

I’m eternally grateful for the love and life we shared

For how fortunate we were :

“to have and to hold
through sickness and in health
Til death do us part”

Until we are together again

This isn’t our last love letter

I love you with all my heart and soul

Yours forever,

Deirdre (Mrs. Hank Snow)

I’m fortunate to have fallen in love with, marry and make a life with the sharpest, coolest, funniest, most rare, bad ass, tender loving, loyal man on the planet, my husband Don Imus.

A True American Hero

I don’t know why it has been so hard for me to write about my dear friend Don Imus.

I certainly know what he meant to me, my family, my charity, my hospital and the millions of fans that listened and loved him for so many years.

I keep reading all the beautiful condolences that people are writing about how much a part of their lives were effected by listening to him over the years.

But what most people don’t talk enough about is what he did for all of us.

In every sense of the word, he was an American Hero. His work with children with so many different illnesses and his dedication to their future was unmatched by anyone I have ever known or heard about.

Besides raising over $100,000,000 for so many causes, he took care of young people for over 20 years in a state where he could not breathe. Along with his incredible wife Deirdre, he created a world where children were not defined by their disease. That was a miracle! He was a miracle.

I will miss him ever day for the rest of my life.

I was blessed to be a part of his and Deirde’s life.

No one will ever do what he did.

I love you Don Imus - A TRUE AMERICAN HERO

David Jurist

IMUS IN THE MORNING

FIRST DAY BACK!

Imus Ranch Foundation

The Imus Ranch Foundation was formed to donate 100% of all donations previously devoted to The Imus Ranch for Kids with Cancer to various other charities whose work and missions compliment those of the ranch. The initial donation from The Imus Ranch Foundation was awarded to Tackle Kids Cancer, a program of The HackensackUMC Foundation and the New York Giants.

Please send donations to The Imus Ranch Foundation here:

Imus Ranch
PO Box 1709
Brenham, Texas 77833

A Tribute To Don Imus

Children’s Health Defense joins parents of vaccine-injured children and advocates for health freedom in remembering the life of Don Imus, a media maverick in taking on uncomfortable topics that most in the mainstream press avoid or shut down altogether. His commitment to airing all sides of controversial issues became apparent to the autism community in 2005 and 2006 as the Combating Autism Act (CAA) was being discussed in Congress. The Act, which was ultimately signed into law by George W. Bush in December of 2006, created unprecedented friction among parents of vaccine-injured children and members of Congress; parents insisted that part of the bill’s billion-dollar funding be directed towards environmental causes of autism including vaccines, while most U.S. Senators and Representatives tried to sweep any such connections under the rug.

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Don Imus, Divisive Radio Shock Jock Pioneer, Dead at 79 - Imus in the Morning host earned legions of fans with boundary-pushing humor, though multiple accusations of racism and sexism followed him throughout his career By Kory Grow RollingStone

Don Imus Leaves a Trail of Way More Than Dust

Don Imus Was Abrupt, Harsh And A One-Of-A-Kind, Fearless Talent

By Michael Riedel - The one and only time I had a twinge of nerves before appearing on television was when I made my debut in 2011 on “Imus in the Morning” on the Fox Business Channel. I’d been listening to Don Imus, who died Friday at 79, since the 1990s as an antidote the serious (bordering on the pompous) hosts on National Public Radio. I always thought it would be fun to join Imus and his gang — news anchor Charles McCord, producer Bernard McGuirk, comedian Rob Bartlett — in the studio, flinging insults back and forth at one another. And now I had my chance. I was invited on to discuss to discuss “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” the catastrophic Broadway musical that injured cast members daily.

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My Dad, My Hero

Dad:

I lost my dad December 27th at 3:44 am Texas time. He always told me, “Wyatt, I lost my dad at a young age and it sucks but it is something I had to deal with and you’re gonna have to probably deal with too so play the ball where it lies and don’t let that be the thing that defines our relationship or you.”

I sat in the living room of the hacienda at the Imus Ranch for Kids with Cancer and listened to him deliver a very similar speech to thousands of kids with cancer. He would tell these kids not to be defined by their disease and they’ve got to play the ball where it lies and not let that be the thing that people remember about you. He did all this while battling prostate cancer himself. Like everything else he said his entire life, it wasn’t bullshit, he lived it and believed it too.

My dad was truly my best friend. There was not a day in my life that I didn’t talk to him. Though this might seem odd to some people, this was just the nature of our relationship, we would, as he put it, just spend hours “shooting the shit.” These conversations are everything that shaped me to the young man I am today. My dad has always been my hero and I would talk to him for hours about our days since I was pretty much old enough to talk. When my uncle Fred died in 2011 I learned the pain that came from losing a loving brother. When my mom would join in on our conversation my dad taught me what it meant to really love and adore your soulmate. We talked through everything. He was a walking encyclopedia of music, rock and roll and history. I probably knew more about Delbert McClinton,The Rolling Stones, the Eagles, Dwight Yoakum, Alger Hiss, Whitaker Chambers and Will James by the time I was 8 then anyone. When most dads around the world were turning on, 'wheels on the bus' my dad was playing Tumbling Dice by the Stones. Our shared love of music gave us so many amazing memories.

He talked me through high school, college, every rodeo, great moments, bad moments, loving moments and inspirational ones. He was my light, my guide, my inspiration and my best friend. I’m gonna miss him more everyday but I am eternally grateful for his years of laughter, love, support, wisdom and kindness. I know he has the best seat in the house for every rodeo now and I’m going to definitely make him proud. There is nothing my dad got more excited for than Rodeo Night in America and I’m just happy he will get to see them all now. I love you forever.

Your son,

Wyatt (CB)

A Truth-Seeking Missile

Imus has been in my life since Christ was a cowboy. He was a hero, a friend, my spiritual older brother. He was on radio longer than God. He was also funnier than God.

But he was much more than a funny guy on the radio. He was that rare bird – a man who walks his own road wherever it may lead him. He had a great bullshit-meter – he did not suffer fools gladly. He was a walking encyclopedia when it came to country music, a philosopher of our times, a brilliant interviewer , a truth seeking missile.

He was loved by millions who never even met him. Sometimes even those who knew him well contrived to adore him. One of them was me.

In our modern ADD culture Imus somehow managed to stay on top longer than almost anyone you could think of. In his heart he fiercely embraced the code of the cowboy: to ride, to shoot straight, to tell the truth.

In other words he understood the true message of Jesus: ‘Love humanity, but don’t trust ‘em.’

Imus dearly loved his wife of 25 years Deirdre, as well as his son rodeo champ Wyatt, and in both cases, though sometimes it must have been a bit of a challenge, that love was very dearly returned.

Now I suppose Imus spends much of his time irritating God and entertaining the angels. I also believe the I-man has found a peaceful patch of celestial prairie to rest upon where the cowboy stars, brightly but gently, shine down upon his beautiful soul.

Kinky Friedman