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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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Imus Ranch Foundation


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: 

Imus Ranch
PO Box 1709
Brenham, Texas  77833

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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Arthur Aidala

Arthur L. Aidala completed his undergraduate studies from the State University of New York, College of Purchase in 1989.  Upon being awarded his Juris Doctorate Degree from the City University of New York Law School at Queens College in 1992, he was also admitted to the New York and New Jersey Bars in that same year. Arthur worked as a Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County D.A.’s office from 1993 to 1997, during which he supervised twenty-five Assistant District Attorneys in the Early Case Assessment and Investigations Bureau. Mr. Aidala honed his trial skills while trying multiple homicide cases as well as several other notorious trials during his prosecutorial career. He resigned from his seat in 1997, to run as a candidate for New York City Council. In 1997 Mr. Aidala opened his own law practices.

Mr. Aidala is now in private practice and is currently the Senior Partner at Aidala & Bertuna, P.C., a boutique law firm specializing in civil and criminal litigation. In his private practice, Mr. Aidala has served the needs of his community by assisting with matters that are of the utmost importance to them. Whether it is the purchase of a home, the formation of a business or an individual facing criminal charges within our legal system, it is his goal to counsel his clients to attain their desired result in an expedient and efficient manner.

In addition to his law practice, Mr. Aidala lectures regularly to the Trial Advocacy students at Fordham Law School, Brooklyn Law School and St. John’s School of Law. He has lectured at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Kings County Criminal Bar Association. He was recently a featured guest speaker at Harvard Law School and was so well received he was asked to speak again.

Arthur Aidala is often seen on television as an expert in Criminal Trial Practice and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NY1 and many local New York television stations as well as appearing on and quoted in other various radio and print venues. In 2005 he became a legal analyst exclusively for the Fox News Channel and has appeared on Geraldo, Lou Dobbs Tonight and The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly among many others.

Mr. Aidala is a Past-President of the Columbian Lawyers Association, First Judicial Department. Additionally, he holds the position of Secretary of the Kings County Criminal Bar Association and is on the Board of Directors and the President-elect of the Brooklyn Bar Association. He is also a member of the Confederation of Columbian Lawyers, the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association, the New York Criminal Bar Association and is the legal advisor to the Neighborhood Improvement Association.

Arthur lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and is a doting father to his amazing son, Luca Joseph.
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"Vinnie From Queens"

The "Vinnie From Queens" gang will be on talking about the latest sports news. 

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Author Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis is America’s preeminent rock journalist and biographer, having written numerous bestsellers on rock bands, including the smash hit Hammer of the Gods. He also collaborated with legendary musicians Levon Helm and Mick Fleetwood on their autobiographies. He lives in Boston.

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"Bo-Monday"

Richard “Bo” Dietl was a New York City Police Officer and Detective from June 1969 until he retired in 1985.  Bo was one of the most highly decorated detectives in the history of the police department, with several thousand arrests to his credit.  There were two particular cases that represent his career highlights.  The first was what former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch labeled “...the most vicious crime in New York City history” (1981) which involved a nun who was raped and tortured in an East Harlem convent as 27 crosses were carved into her by two men, who later confessed and were convicted.  The second was the Palm Sunday Massacre in 1984, which was one of New York City’s most bloody mass slayings, of ten people.  Bo was instrumental in the arrest and conviction of the suspects in both cases.

In 1986, Bo was nominated for the U.S. Congress by the Republican and Conservative parties of New York State for the 6th Congressional District (to fill the seat of the late Joseph Addabbo). In a 7-1 Democratic District, the Rev. Floyd Flake edged out Bo by a mere 2,500 votes - one of the closest races in New York history. 

President George Bush appointed Bo as Co-Chairman of the National Crime Commission.  Governor George E. Pataki appointed Bo Chairman of the New York State Security Guard Advisory Council.  He served as Security Consultant to the National Republican Convention and as Director of Security for the New York State Republican Convention

Richard “Bo” Dietl is the Founder & Chairman of Beau Dietl & Associates. Founded in 1985, Beau Dietl & Associates has grown to become one of the premier investigative and security firms in the nation and is a full service organization providing a wide
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Will Leitch

Will Leitch is a contributing editor at New York. He joined the magazine in July 2008. He writes for both the print magazine and website, including feature stories, essays for the magazine’s Intelligencer section, magazine columns and blog posts at nymag.com’s “The Sports Section.” Prior to joining the magazine’s staff, Leitch had been writing for New York since June 2004.  In September 2005, Leitch became the founding editor of Gawker Media’s Deadspin sports blog, one of the most highly trafficked sports blogs on the Internet. He was also the founding editor of The Black Table along with Eric Gillin, A.J. Daulerio and Aileen Gallagher where he had an online column, Life as a Loser, which ran for five years. The column has since been compiled into a book.

Leitch has also written for Slate, Playboy, Fast Company, Men’s Journal, and Men’s Health, and contributed to The New York Times Op-Ed page and nytimes.com. Leitch is the author of four books: Are We Winning?: Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball, God Save the Fan, the novel Catch, and the collection of Internet columns Life As a Loser.  Leitch graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was the editor of the Daily Illini, the University’s paper.