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Don Cornelius To Be Memorialized Thursday; Music Stars Stevie Wonder & George Duke To Perform


Posted on Feb 16, 2012 @ 09:30AM - Add a comment

By Dylan Howard - Senior Executive Editor, Star magazine

Stevie Wonder and George Duke will perform at a private memorial service Thursday for Don Cornelius, the Soul Train creator, at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

It's the second service for Cornelius, 75, who was found dead Feb. 1 at a house on Mulholland Drive, in what the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office later ruled a suicide caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Stevie Wonder and George Duke will perform at a private memorial service Thursday for Don Cornelius, the Soul Train creator, at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

It's the second service for Cornelius, 75, who was found dead Feb. 1 at a house on Mulholland Drive, in what the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office later ruled a suicide caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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Soul Train Host Don Cornelius Dead At 75; Investigated As Possible Suicide


Posted on Feb 01, 2012 @ 06:30AM - 10 comments

By Radar Staff

Soul Train’s legendary creator and host Don Cornelius is dead -- in what could be a case of suicide.

Police tell RadarOnline.com that Cornelius, 75, was found shot in the head at his home in Sherman Oaks, California at approximately 4 a.m. PT Wednesday.

Authorities say Cornelius was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

We’re also told that he was alone in the home at the time, and officials are investigating it as a possible case of suicide.

His family has been told of the death.

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