Long before MTV thought that Black music was cool (or profitable), Don Cornelius made it a nationally televised, weekly must-see event. SEE ALSO: Questions With Common Ochocinco Relegated To The Sideline It takes being a student of history or simply being alive in 1971, the year Cornelius introduced “Soul Train” to the American television audience, […]
ABC News reports that Soul Train founder, Don Cornelius, underwent a “21-hour operation in 1982 to correct a congenital malformation in blood vessels in his brain.” During a 1995 interview with The Washington Post, Cornelius said he was not the same person after the operation. SEE ALSO: Five Things Black People Learned From Don Cornelius […]
When Don Cornelius first introduced “Soul Train” in 1971, it was the show to check out for the coolest dance steps and rhythms to boogie to out of black America. The most unique feature of the show was the Soul Train Line. SEE ALSO: Five Ways “Soul Train” Changed America Why Soul Train Will Never […]
UPDATE–5:30 p.m. EST TMZ reports that Don Cornelius had two life insurance policies worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and his ex-wife, Victoria Chapman Cornelius, will get all of it. UPDATE–3:01 p.m. EST: TMZ reports that Don Cornelius did not leave a suicide note and that his one of his sons made the 911 call […]
