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FrenchieCat

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1. I'm shocked.......

Reply to MADem (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:31 PM

Feb 2012

as your post is the first I have heard this news.....
as I no longer watch television in the daytime.....
and after the primaries yesterday, I haven't had the
urge to read newspapers or the Internet in reference to our news.....

Very sad indeed!

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Don Cornelius is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [View all] MADem Feb 2012 OP

I'm shocked....... FrenchieCat Feb 2012 #1

He was an iconic figure in television history--not only was his show different from anything MADem Feb 2012 #2

We really don't know why he chose to go out this way..... FrenchieCat Feb 2012 #3

It also sounds like politicasista Feb 2012 #11

Oh no! Number23 Feb 2012 #4

I've been going down memory lane all day. MADem Feb 2012 #5

RIP Don Cornelius! nofurylike Feb 2012 #6

I loved these shows!!! onpatrol98 Feb 2012 #7

Hee hee--those early memories are the ones that stick with us most fondly, aren't they? MADem Feb 2012 #8

RIP, sir. SemperEadem Feb 2012 #9

I have memories of some fun impromptu "dance parties" in living rooms way too small to accommodate MADem Feb 2012 #10