CHICAGO – When this proud city welcomed back hometown hero Don Cornelius last year, it wasn’t just Chicago-style – it was ‘Soul Train’ style, complete with Afro wigs, … ...

CHICAGO — When this proud city welcomed back hometown hero Don Cornelius last year, it wasn't just Chicago-style — it was "Soul Train" style, complete with Afro wigs, bell-bottoms and hip ...

CHICAGO - When this proud city welcomed back hometown hero Don Cornelius last year, it wasn't just Chicago-style -- it was "Soul Train" style, complete with Afro wigs, bell bottoms and hip-shaking ...

Cornelius was born on Sept. 27, 1936, and grew up on Chicago’s South Side. He was a Chicago police officer in the mid-1960s, when he met radio personality Ed Cobb.

In addition to radio, Don Cornelius already had ties in television. He hosted a daily news show called A Black’s View of the News at WCIU, the TV station where Soul Train would air. Don used ...

Los Angeles authorities are saying Don Cornelius, the man who famously created "Soul Train" in Chicago, has died in an apparent suicide. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West ...

NETTLES: Don Cornelius didn't just show up at a TV station one day. He started out as a Chicago cop. Legend has it he was discovered by an executive at radio station WVON during a traffic stop.

Don Cornelius, the creator and former host of the hit television show “Soul Train,” has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence Los Angeles Police were called to the 72-year-old’s ...

Don Cornelius’ impact was ... Police reports indicate he died ... Sears and Chicago-based cosmetics company Johnson Products to take the show national in 1971 after a year’s run in Chicago.

Love, peace and ‘Soul Train’: On Aug. 17, 1970, the ‘hippest trip in America’ started in Chicago The local TV dance show became a cultural phenomenon that took the world by storm.