Editing Don Imus (section)

==Early life==
Imus was born in [[Riverside, California]], to a wealthy family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542196 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728180232/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542196 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |title=Don Imus Biography |website=Biography Channel|date=April 14, 2007 }}</ref> the son of John Donald Imus Sr. and Frances E. Imus ({{nee}} Moore) who ran a {{convert|35000|acre|km2|adj=on}} ranch named The Willows near [[Kingman, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://affiliates.abcradionetworks.com/abcradionetworks/imusbio.pdf |title=Don Imus Bio |publisher=Citadel Media|website=ABC Radio Networks|date=November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201211409/http://affiliates.abcradionetworks.com/abcradionetworks/imusbio.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}</ref> Imus claimed at one time to practice Judaism then later recanted, calling himself, "spiritual."<ref name=NYM91/><ref name="bookref1">{{Cite book|last=Reed|first=Jim|title=Everything Imus: all you ever wanted to know about Don Imus|publisher=Carol Publishing Group|year=1999|pages=[https://archive.org/details/everythingimusal0000reed/page/10 10, 197]|isbn=1-55972-504-4|url=https://archive.org/details/everythingimusal0000reed/page/10}}</ref><ref name=NYDN72>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/464820459/|title=Radio Roundup|first=Val|last=Adams|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=January 2, 1972|page=249|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323035044/https://www.newspapers.com/image/464820459/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NYDN720528>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395441994/|title=Disc jockey with spurs|first=Val|last=Adams|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=May 28, 1972|page=176|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812133047/https://www.newspapers.com/image/395441994/|url-status=live}}</ref> He had a younger brother, [[Fred Imus]] (1942–2011). Imus disliked school, moving "from one hideous private school to another" and described himself as a "horrible adolescent". When he was 15, his parents divorced. His father died when Imus was 20.<ref name=NYM91/>

In 1957, while living in [[Prescott, Arizona]], Imus dropped out of high school and joined the [[United States Marine Corps]]. He was stationed at [[Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton|Camp Pendleton]] where he was in an [[artillery]] unit before transferring to the [[United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps|Drum and Bugle Corps]].<ref name=NYM91/><ref name=VF06/> He left the Marines with an honorable discharge, and secured work as a [[window dresser]] in [[San Bernardino]], before he was fired for performing strip teases on the mannequins for passersby.<ref name=NYM91/> Imus then moved to Hollywood with his brother in an attempt to find success as musicians and songwriters, but they struggled to get radio DJs to play their songs on the air. This left Imus homeless, resorting to sleeping in a laundry and hitchhiking back to Arizona.<ref name=NYM91/> After dropping out of the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]],<ref name=NYDN720528/> Imus worked as a [[brakeman]] on the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] and in a [[uranium]] mine in Arizona.<ref name=BB71>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Don%20Imus%22&pg=PA25|title=Imus Focuses on 'New Humor'|magazine=Billboard|pages=25–26|volume=83|issue=2|issn=0006-2510|access-date=March 19, 2019|date=January 9, 1971|archive-date=March 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329233121/https://books.google.com/books?id=9AgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Don%20Imus%22&pg=PA25|url-status=live}}</ref> He suffered a mining accident that broke both of his legs.<ref name=VF06>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/02/imus200602|title=Don Imus's Last Stand|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|first=Buzz|last=Bissinger|date=April 10, 2007|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926163050/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/02/imus200602|url-status=live}}</ref>