Don Cornelius, creator and host of “Soul Train,” a milestone in television programming that introduced generations of viewers to new music and dance trends emerging from black America, died ...

1994: Appeared in “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” episode in which Will Smith is a big fan of Cornelius and owns a Don Cornelius doll, which he claims is an action figure; Cornelius also made a ...

Don Cornelius, creator and host of “Soul Train,” a milestone in television programming that introduced generations of viewers to new music and dance trends emerging from black America, died ...

Friends of Don Cornelius say the legendary creator of the long-running television show Soul Train was dealing with significant “demons,’’ and while they are saddened by his death, they say ...

THE REPORT: The death of creator Don Cornelius could create new interest in a movie centered on the variety program. By Daniel Miller, Kim Masters Don Cornelius hosted "Soul Train" in the mid-'70s ...

Don Cornelius wasn't the Godfather of Soul. That title belonged to the late James Brown, who was a frequent guest on the show. But, according to the Soul Train host's friends and colleagues ...

Don Cornelius, the silky, deep-voiced creator and host of the groundbreaking African-American song and dance TV series Soul Train, was found dead Wednesday morning of an apparent suicide. He was 75.

Don Cornelius, who died Wednesday at 75, was a civil rights pioneer disguised as a dance-music-show host. He used to sign off the “Soul Train” show he founded in Chicago by wishing his viewers ...

Quentin Earl Darrington portrays Don Cornelius in “Hippest Trip — The Soul Train Musical,” playing at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco through Oct. 8.

“Soul Train” creator and host Don Cornelius, who brought R&B into America’s living rooms with his long-running television show, committed suicide Wednesday, Los Angeles police said.