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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

 

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The Imus Ranch Foundation was formed to donate 100% of all donations previously devoted to The Imus Ranch for Kids with Cancer to various other charities whose work and missions compliment those of the ranch. The initial donation from The Imus Ranch Foundation was awarded to Tackle Kids Cancer, a program of The HackensackUMC Foundation and the New York Giants.

Please send donations to The Imus Ranch Foundation here: 

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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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Don Imus, Divisive Radio Shock Jock Pioneer, Dead at 79 - Imus in the Morning host earned legions of fans with boundary-pushing humor, though multiple accusations of racism and sexism followed him throughout his career By Kory Grow RollingStone

Don Imus Leaves a Trail of Way More Than Dust 

Don Imus Was Abrupt, Harsh And A One-Of-A-Kind, Fearless Talent

By Michael Riedel - The one and only time I had a twinge of nerves before appearing on television was when I made my debut in 2011 on “Imus in the Morning” on the Fox Business Channel. I’d been listening to Don Imus, who died Friday at 79, since the 1990s as an antidote the serious (bordering on the pompous) hosts on National Public Radio. I always thought it would be fun to join Imus and his gang — news anchor Charles McCord, producer Bernard McGuirk, comedian Rob Bartlett — in the studio, flinging insults back and forth at one another. And now I had my chance. I was invited on to discuss to discuss “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” the catastrophic Broadway musical that injured cast members daily. 

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Leif Babin

BIO: Leif Babin, Lieutenant Commander, US Navy Reserve
 
Leif Babin, co-founder of the leadership firm Echelon Front LLC, is a highly decorated former U.S. Navy SEAL officer and combat veteran who applies leadership lessons from the battlefield to building high-performance, winning teams in any industry.
 
As a SEAL Platoon Commander during a historic combat deployment to Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006, he led some of the heaviest, sustained urban combat operations in the history of the SEAL Teams. He and his SEAL task unit played a crucial role in the U.S. Army 1st Armored Division “Read First” Brigade’s victorious campaign now known as “The Battle of Ramadi,” which helped to changed the course of the war in Iraq. Leif’s task unit became the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq war.
 
Leif then served for two years as the primary leadership instructor for all SEAL Officers graduating from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training where he reshaped SEAL leadership instruction based on his combat experience. His guidance and mentorship prepared the next generation of SEAL leaders to meet the challenges of the most difficult battlefields across the globe with extraordinary success. 
 
As Operations Officer for a SEAL Team, Leif led a 500-personnel Naval Special Warfare Squadron through a rigorous 12-month training cycle and combat deployment to multiple locations on three continents. Within this capacity, Leif served as Operations Officer for a Special Operations Task Force in Iraq and directed a highly successful campaign that targeted al-Qaeda linked terrorist networks. In 2009, he again deployed to Ar Ramadi, Iraq where he witnessed the miraculous changes in peace and security that his SEAL Task Unit helped bring about with the “Ready First” Brigade of the 1st Armored Division three years before. Leif was then promoted to Executive Officer, second in command of a SEAL Team.
 
In 2011, Leif left active duty to found Echelon Front LLC, a consulting firm specializing in leadership training, high-performance team building and crisis management that applies the principles crucial in the success of the SEAL teams to the business world. Clients include companies in private equity finance, banking, retail, insurance, gas and oil, real estate, pharmaceutical and construction industries.   
 
Leif is frequently invited to speak on U.S. military strategy and foreign policy matters. His editorials have been published in the Wall Street Journal and National Review and he has appeared on a variety of national television news and radio programs.  Leif is a National Security Fellow for the Foundation of the Defense of Democracies, a Washington D.C.-based think tank focused on national security and foreign policy. Additionally, Leif serves on the board of directors for The Little Warriors Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the children of fallen and severely wounded U.S. Navy SEALs. He remains a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve.