Don Imus Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

My goal is to goad people into saying something that ruins their life.

You can't get much more liberal than John Kerry is. I mean, he's my candidate, but, I mean, come on.

Trivia

Don Imus and Howard Stern were both DJ's on WNBC at the same time from 1982 to 1985.

Don Imus is a three-time Marconi Award winner, twice as Major Market Personality of the Year and once as Network Syndicated Personality of the Year.

Don Imus has four daughters with his first wife, Harriet. Nadine, Toni, Elizabeth and Ashleigh.

Don Imus is a recovering cocaine and alcohol addict. Imus has been clean and sober since 1987.

Don Imus achieved infamy in 1996 when he made jokes about President Bill Clinton's sexual escapades with Clinton present at the Radio-Television Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Don Imus married his second wife Deirdre Coleman in 1994.

Don Imus was the inaugural video jockey for the launch of the VH-1 cable network in 1985.

Don Imus served in the Marine Corps from 1957-1959.

Don Imus was inducted into the Radio Hall Of Fame in 1989.