- Family says Imus had been hospitalized since Christmas Eve
- Radio star’s career came to abrupt end after nationally broadcast racial slur
Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career as an acid-tongued radio star came to an abrupt end after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79.
Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, according to a statement issued by his family. Deirdre, his wife of 25 years, and his son Wyatt, 21, were at his side, and his son Lt Zachary Don Cates was returning from military service overseas.
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