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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!

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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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Thursday, November 19, 2009

2:46AM

Imus gently explained to Fox Business Network anchor Cheryl Casone just what she had gotten herself into when she stepped on the set of Imus in the Morning today.

"Do you have a grandfather?" he asked Casone, who said she used to. "Well, you do again. Two of them. It's like you've gone to the home, and Charles and I are there. And it's a visit you have to make, but you're not sure you want to."

Armed with this context, Casone told Grandpas 1 and 2 that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and the Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett were about to do some good work.

"They're teaming up to try to try to help small businesses out there," she reported. "It's $500 million, and they're going to educate and mentor small businesses, and it's a good thing, and it's probably a great PR move for Goldman Sachs."

Which is just what Lloyd Blankfart's company needs, according to Imus, because they take home absurd $100 million bonuses that they absolutely do not deserve. Buffett, he added, is okay, he's just reached a point where "it's not happening anymore." Case in point: he just purchased a railroad company.

"What, the Pony Express wasn't available?" Imus quipped, then admitted it might not have been a bad idea. "We thought it was an interesting joke. That's the only thing we got out of it."

Casone, a longtime business reporter, said she now looks more to what happens in Washington, DC as an indicator of each day's economic news than ever before.

"That seems to dictate everything that's happening here in New York and on Wall Street lately," said Casone, who feels more like a political expert as a result. "The government is now running every company in this country, it seems, and they've got their fingers in everything."

With the government now involved in the auto industry and gunning to get their hands on health care, Casone wondered: When does government involvement stop in American business? Do we want the congressmen and the senators out there to run American companies? Do we want them to come and run the Imus show?

Yes. Yes we do.

-Julie Kanfer

with

Cheryl Casone

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