'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius found dead
Chicago Tribune reporter
8:30 a.m. CST, February 1, 2012
"Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius was found dead at his Sherman Oaks home early this morning, according to the L.A. Times.
Law enforcement sources said police arrived at Cornelius' home at about 4 a.m. He apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case was ongoing.
The sources said there was no sign of foul play but that the Los Angeles Police Department is still investigating the case.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/alert/chi-soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-found-dead-20120201,0,7212176.story
qanda
(10,422 posts)RIP Don Cornelius
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Kolesar
(31,182 posts)I don't know what happened. You will be missed.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Sad news. RIP.
BumRushDaShow
(129,029 posts)Just heard this.
R.I.P. with a heavy heart.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,459 posts)Auggie
(31,171 posts)I will miss you. If it wasn't for you and Soul Train, we would have had to watch that American Blandstand. I can hear the whistle..."SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLL TRAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!"
RIP, Mr. Don Cornelius.
windowpilot
(115 posts)n/t
guitar man
(15,996 posts)RIP Don
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)"Im white, bald, out of shape and hitting a mid-life crisis..I'd like an afro and to be able to dance like this please."
RIP, Don.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)The fashion-tragic 70's are actually the best!
Do yo' thang!
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Really some of the best American music ever. Good times.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I hope he was not in "pain" for long.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)particularly when they come from barrier-busting cultural icons.
When my sisters and I weren't laughing about how the white kids danced on American Bandstand, we were wishing there was a black version of it.
He was 76. Was he in good health?
rocktivity
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)I've always envied your velvet pipes. Another cultural icon gone!
benld74
(9,904 posts)SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
TRAIN!
Skittles
(153,160 posts)"back in the day" it was one of the few TV shows worth watching; yes INDEED
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)I lived in Chicago off and on in the 70's and at one point had a black roommate (I'm white) who claimed at the time that it was "common knowledge" in Chicago's black community that Cornelius was a heroin addict. I know nothing else about this but my roommate's statements, but maybe this is a possible explanation , if Cornelius had never , even in his advancing age, kicked the alleged habit. I've known people that chose to end their lives rhather than suffer their addiction another day. Again, nothing but speculation based on 30+ year old conversations, but if true, could conceivably have been at least a contributing factor in Mr. Cornelius doing this.
I loved Soul Train, and whatever caused him to take his life, it's terribly sad.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)annm4peace
(6,119 posts)and this was one of my favorite shows growing up.
loved the music. loved the dancing..
and I hope and I would think he did know how he helped change the world and helped spread the love and music.
RIP
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)David__77
(23,418 posts)Soul Train, to me, was far superior to American Bandstand. And the dancing was far better, as seen in many youtube videos!
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unionworks
(3,574 posts)Of going to black fellow steelworkers house and partying while watching "Soul Train". RIP and thanks for the memories.