Deirdre Imus

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Deirdre Imus
Occupation(s)
health advocate, radio personality
SpouseDon Imus (1994–2019, his death)
ChildrenWyatt Imus & Zachary Don

Deirdre Coleman Imus is an American artist,

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.

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 Cleaning, published in April 2007, advocates the use of alternative cleaning products. Green This! Greening Your Cleaning contends that chemicals such as

Today Show on April 6, 2007, to demonstrate the cleaning methods discussed in her book. A scheduled book tour was postponed, however, in the wake of the controversy surrounding the cancellation of the Imus in the Morning show.[4][5]

Beginning in the late 1990s, she had some small acting roles as Deirdre Coleman, appearing in Form, Space & Murder in 1997. The following year, she appeared in Watchers Reborn and One Tough Cop, a movie about New York City detective Bo Dietl, who was a frequent guest on her husband's show. In 2001, she had a role in Directing Eddie.[6]

Personal life

In 1994, she married American radio and television personality Don Imus and frequently appeared on his program Imus in the Morning. They had two sons, Fredric Wyatt (nicknamed Wyatt, born July 3, 1998) and Zachary Don. They stayed together until Don's death on December 27, 2019.[7]

In 1998, Don Imus and Deirdre founded the

SIDS
victims.

Deirdre Imus graduated from

Roman Catholic. She is also a vegetarian.[8]

Books

References

  1. ^ National Autism Association press release, May 7, 2007.
  2. ^ National Audubon Society press release May 22, 2007.
  3. ^ "Green: Clean Up Your Act", Newsweek, April 9, 2007.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Rutgers coach, players accept Imus's apology", Associated Press, April 16, 2007.
  5. ^ Amy Argetsinger, "More Imus Fallout: Wife's Book Tour is Cancelled", The Washington Post, April 13, 2007.
  6. Internet Movie Database
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  7. ^ Byrge, Duane; Kilkenny, Katie (December 27, 2019). "Don Imus, Legendary 'Imus in the Morning' Host, Dies at 79". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. ^ Imus, Deirdre (May 20, 2013). "Getting to the 'meat' of the matter: Is eating meat good for you?". Fox News.

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