# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-imus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:27:37.817Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-imus"
name: "Don Imus"
slug: "don-imus"
description: "John Donald Imus Jr., also known as Imus, was an American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author. His radio show Imus in the Morning was aired on various stations and digital platforms nationwide until 2018."
tagline: "American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author (1940 – 2019)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Don_Imus_mid-1980s.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1940-07-23"
deathDate: "2019-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.14
  momentum:             0.01799948572897917
  historical:           15.561024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408320/"
    handle:    "nm0408320"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.imus.com/"
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    title: "Don Imus"
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    title: "Don Imus"
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    title: "Don Imus"
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    title: "Don Imus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Imus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Imus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus"
    title: "Don Imus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ドン・アイマス"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Imus"
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    title: "Don Imus"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus"
    title: "Don Imus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Imus"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump