 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 and simulcast on television by the fox business network. ==personal life== imus was born in riverside, california, the son of frances e. (nÃ©e moore) and john donald imus, sr., older brother of 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). 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. 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.{{cite news|title=getting to the 'meat' of the matter: is eating meat good for you?|url=http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/05/20/getting-to-meat-matter-is-eating-meat-
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