'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Dead
Feb 1, 2012 10:42:21 GMT -5
Post by Tea-why on Feb 1, 2012 10:42:21 GMT -5
Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Dead in Apparent Suicide
Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his home, police said. He was 75.
Officer responding to a report of a shooting found Cornelius at his Mulholland Drive home at around 4 a.m., police said.
He was pronounced dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 4:56 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter.
"Soul Train" began in Chicago as a local program in 1970 and aired nationally from 1971 to 2006. It brought the best R&B, soul and later hip-hop acts to TV and had teenagers dance to them. It was one of the first shows to showcase African-Americans prominently, although the dance group was racially mixed. Cornelius was the first host and executive producer.
The Soul Train Awards had planned to return to the air after a two-year hiatus to recognize those who helped shape R&B music, although the status of those plans was unclear at press time.
(billboard.com)
This is very sad :(
Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his home, police said. He was 75.
Officer responding to a report of a shooting found Cornelius at his Mulholland Drive home at around 4 a.m., police said.
He was pronounced dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 4:56 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter.
"Soul Train" began in Chicago as a local program in 1970 and aired nationally from 1971 to 2006. It brought the best R&B, soul and later hip-hop acts to TV and had teenagers dance to them. It was one of the first shows to showcase African-Americans prominently, although the dance group was racially mixed. Cornelius was the first host and executive producer.
The Soul Train Awards had planned to return to the air after a two-year hiatus to recognize those who helped shape R&B music, although the status of those plans was unclear at press time.
(billboard.com)
This is very sad :(
Heavy on the unless.
