Don Cornelius suicide

Don Cornelius was in an extreme amount of pain in the days before his death … and minutes before he shot himself, Don phoned his son and told him, “I don’t know how long I can take this” … this according to the autopsy report obtained by TMZ. According to the report, the “Soul Train” legend […]

The last time I saw Don Cornelius was this summer at the “Soul Train” reunion party in the Windy City. He was flanked by his two sons and his longtime bodyguard. He was in rare form. He exchanged playful insults, often profanity-laden, with his childhood friend, WBEZ’s Richard Steele, a moderator for a panel discussion […]

What a way to start Black History Month. Music lovers awoke to the devastating news Wednesday that Don Cornelius, music industry icon and creator of the seminal TV show “Soul Train,” was dead, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police and the Los Angeles coroner’s office. As word of Cornelius’ death […]