Don Imus, broadcasting celebrity for five decades, has died.
. Also, a booster might say that Imus had his roots in comedy, having made his radio bones in the late 1960s ordering a delivery of 1200 hamburgers while posing as a military officer in California. He was also known for playing characters like the Reverend Billy Sol Hargus, which lampooned televangelists.
Imus was also lauded for raising a great deal of money for charity. Indeed, his Imus Ranch, a working cattle ranch in Ribera, New Mexico that maintained an Old West look, hosted children with cancer and blood diseases. Imus also raised funds for wounded Iraq war veterans and the for siblings of victims of sudden infant death syndrome.
His grumpy growl was beloved by some and made morning rides to the airport miserable for others. During his long career he battle alcohol and cocaine addiction he was known for frequently arriving late for work and often carried a licensed gun. He maintained a love of country music and had a longstanding feud with, with whom he worked at WNBC AM, but who then eclipsed him with his more bawdy style of radio that took off on FM.
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