Soul train

• Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Don Cornelius, the creator and host of "Soul Train," the television show that brought RB music and the moves of young black dancers to a U.S. audience, has died in an apparent suicide. He was 75.
(Businessweek)
• LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Cornelius, the silken-voiced host of Soul Train who helped break down racial barriers and broaden the reach of black culture with funky music, groovy dance steps and cutting-edge style, died early yesterday of an apparent suicide.
(Eagle-Tribune)
• The first time Jersey City resident Stephen McMillian met Soul Train creator Don Cornelius was McMillians first day as a dancer at the Soul Train Studios in Los Angeles. The year was 1999. McMillian commuted from Jersey City to L.A.
(NJ.com)
• CHICAGO — When this proud city welcomed back hometown hero Don Cornelius last year, it wasnt just Chicago-style — it was Soul Train style, complete with Afro wigs, bell bottoms and hip-shaking in the streets.
(Tulsa World)
• LOS ANGELES — "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 artists.
(Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
• Love, peace and soul. Don Cornelius would sign off with those words after every episode of his famed dance/music program Soul Train, and now the television show host and producer is dead.
(MTV)
• For the man who brought the soul to mainstream America every Saturday morning, the hippest trip is over.
(NJ.com)
• LOS ANGELES _ The idea was simple _ but groundbreaking: Create a live showcase for black music, modeled on American Bandstand. Don Cornelius pulled $400 from his own pocket to launch the dance show on a local Chicago TV station in 1970.
(PennLive.com)
• "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 artists.
(Daily Times)