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Deirdre Imus, co-founder of the Imus Ranch, is founder of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center, the first hospital-based program whose mission is to identify, control, and ultimately prevent environmental factors that cause cancer. She lives in Manhattan, Connecticut, and New Mexico.

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American radio personality (1940–2019)

John Donald Imus Jr. (EYE-məs; July 23, 1940 – December 27, 2019), also known as Imus, was an American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author. His radio show Imus in the Morning was aired on various stations and digital platforms nationwide until 2018.

Imus began his first radio job at KUTY in Palmdale, California in 1968. Three years later, he landed the morning broadcast position at WNBC in New York City. He was fired from WNBC in 1977, worked for a year at WHK in Cleveland, and was rehired by WNBC in 1979. He remained at WNBC until it left the air in 1988, at which time his show moved to WFAN, which took over WNBC's former frequency of 660 kHz. Howard Stern's success with national syndication led Imus in the Morning to adopt the same model in 1993.

Imus was labeled a "shock jock" in his later career. He was fired by CBS Radio in April 2007 after describing the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos".

In January 2018, Cumulus Media told Imus that the company was going to stop paying him, and his final show aired on March 29, 2018. He died the following year of complications from lung disease.

Early life

Imus was born in Riverside, California, to a wealthy family, the son of John Donald Imus Sr. and Frances E. Imus (née Moore) who ran a 35,000-acre (140 km) ranch

American artist

Deirdre Coleman Imus is an American artist, author, health advocate and radio personality and the founder and president of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center, part of Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in New Jersey, United States. She is also a co-founder and co-director of the Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer, and the author of four books, Green This!Greening Your Cleaning, The Essential Green You!, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care and The Imus Ranch: Cooking for Kids and Cowboys.

On May 7, 2007, she was named to the board of directors of the National Autism Association. and on May 22, 2007, the National Audubon Society announced that Deirdre Imus was one of four women to receive the Society's annual Rachel Carson Award for Women in Conservation. In making the announcement, the Audubon Society cited her as "a pioneer inspiring parents and schools to clean using non-toxic products." In that same year Pace University bestowed her with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. Also in 2007, Deirdre was presented with the National Autism Association's BELIEVE award and was honored as a "Champion for Autism" by the Autism Education Foundation of MUJC in New Jersey. She was named Person of the Year in 2007 by Spectrum Magazine, a news source for families affected by autism. She was named "Woman of the Year" by the USO in 2008, and Glamour Magazine's Eco Heroes in 2009. In 2013 Deirdre received the Canary Award for her efforts toward creating a healthy and sustainable future for our children. She serves on the boards of several children's health organizations, including the National Autism Association, Safe Minds, Generation Rescue. SKIP of New York, East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc., Boriken Neighborhood Health Center.

Deirdre Imus has expressed concern over the chemicals used in commercial cleaning products and her book Green This!Greening Your Clean