LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Cornelius, the silken-voiced host of TV's 'Soul Train' who helped break down racial barriers and broaden the reach of black culture with funky music, groovy dance steps and ...

"Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius has died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his upper torso Wednesday at his Mulholland Drive home, according to Los Angeles police. Shortly before the incident ...

"Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius was found dead Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Don Cornelius poses at his Los Angeles office in this March 6, 2006 file ...

Soul Train host and TV-music pioneer Don Cornelius has been found dead in his Encino, Calif., home of a suicide, according to police. My colleague Madison Gray has more of the details, and it’s a sad ...

The tipster who notified TMZ.com about the death of “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius Wednesday morning might never be identified, but no identity was needed for the story to quickly consume social ...

Don Cornelius, music industry icon and creator of the seminal TV show “Soul Train,” is dead, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police and the Los Angeles coroner's ...

As expected, the autopsy shows Cornelius's death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The television pioneer was found dead in his Studio City home last week. He was 75. Read comments ...

Don Cornelius gave artists who had been segregated from most mainstream vehicles of expression a chance to perform in front of a huge national audience. It was a tremendous opportunity that changed ...

Police responding to a report of a shooting found Cornelius at his Mulholland Drive home around 4 a.m. He was pronounced dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound about an hour later at Cedars-Sinai ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing black music and ...

Los Angeles authorities say Cornelius, 75, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. They were called to Cornelius' home on Mulholland Drive in the hills above Los Angeles around 4 a.m.