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SOUL TRAIN CREATOR DEAD OF APPARENT SUICIDE
 Don Cornelius |
According to USA Today, the pioneering creator of Soul Train Don Cornelius was found dead this morning in his Southern California home from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cornelius was 75.
The African-American answer to American Bandstand, Cornelius’ landmark television music variety show premiered in 1971 and changed the national appreciation and awareness of soul music forever after. Cornelius wrote, produced and hosted Soul Train from 1971 to 1993. A streetwise poet of the highest order, Cornelius was rife with catchy expressions in his hosting, most memorably his weekly signoff: “You can bet your last money, it's all gonna be a stone gas, honey! I'm Don Cornelius, and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace and soul." We can think of no better wish for Cornelius in this time of his sudden passing.
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