(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.

In 1957, while living in Prescott, Arizona, Imus dropped out of high school and joined the United States Marine Corps. He was stationed at Camp Pendleton where he was in an artillery