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    Coroner rules Don Cornelius' death ruled a suicide

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coroner's officials on Tuesday ruled Don Cornelius' death a suicide, nearly a week after the "Soul Train" creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head.

    The agency made the determination after conducting an autopsy on Cornelius' body Friday. Investigators are still awaiting the results of toxicology tests before issuing a final report.

    Police quickly ruled out foul play after responding to Cornelius' Mulholland Drive home early Wednesday morning. His son had alerted authorities after receiving a call from his father.

    Cornelius, 75, started "Soul Train" in 1970 and it became one of the longest-running syndicated shows in history, introducing audiences to many top music acts and providing a never-before-seen TV platform for black culture.

    The popular host was honored Saturday in Harlem with a lively celebration in tribute to Cornelius and the wide-ranging influence of his show.

    His son, Tony Cornelius, released a statement last week asking for privacy and thanking fans.

    "We thank all the well-wishers and the fans who have supported the 'Soul Train' legacy. Love, Peace and Soul," the statement read, incorporating his father's famous sign-off from the show.

     

    26 comments

    • Cal Peters  •  Pleasanton, California  •  3 mths ago
      How much more can I take? What type of person would blow his brains out and make sure he called his son to see the horror first? I've worked as a paramedic for years and this is truly the worst type of mess to clean up. The stuff is literally splattered everywhere in the room and often adjoining living spaces. I just can't understand how he could be influenced by Satan and demons in general.
    • Robert  •  3 mths ago
      Great headline. You guys members of the American Dodgeball Association of America?
    • Anthony, Fiery Personalit ...  •  Pleasanton, California  •  3 mths ago
      Graphic but so true!!
    • chowdown 85/johnnyx15  •  Hampton, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      It is disappointing to hear about a guy with much success, fame, and wealth take his own life.

      It makes me realize that it does not matter if you are rich or poor. Your life can still suck.
    • Orly  •  3 mths ago
      I'm sorry for his family, frds and co workers, and all who knew and loved him. Really sad about him.
    • Noli Me tangere  •  3 mths ago
      Just remember this...there is no good times in life unless there are bad times and no matter who you are or how bad your struggles are, there is always plenty of time to be dead later!
    • Scott Bruce  •  3 mths ago
      He rules that it was ruled a suicide? Can we at least get into a story before being flooded with grammatical errors?
      • Carrie 3 mths ago
        I thought the same thing. They can't take 5 seconds to proofread it? Then they wouldn't look like such idiots.
      • TommyO 3 mths ago
        Bad Headline Writing 101. Should be a journalism college course. Good gracious.
      • KarynE 3 mths ago
        Shouldn't need a whole course to avoid atrocities like that.
    • Captain-Savvy  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      My prayers go out to his family and friends. On another note, Yahoo, get some better editors. I mean really. Has the poor grammar and writing of the internet age really gone corporate?
      • DanU 3 mths ago
        hooked on ebonics worked for me!
      • DoubleGz 3 mths ago
        Just because it's on the Yahoo! website doesn't mean they wrote it...
    • Robertinho  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      Such a shame and a genius
    • Spaceman Spiff!  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      My sympathies go out to his loved ones.
      Also wondering who in the world the Associated Press is using as editors and writers these days, if anyone at all.
    • DAVID  •  Reseda, California  •  3 mths ago
      Shame how a single act can overshadow 40 years of greatness. There must be something we are not seeing here. He had cancer or something. He was obviously in too much pain to bare.
      • Christopher 3 mths ago
        Yeah its something we aint seeing Satan!
      • brian 3 mths ago
        Don't be too sure of that, Christopher. Jesus didn't like the Pharasees either.
    • It is what it is...  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  3 mths ago
      The coroners office has to put their ruling in to make his cause of death official and to make sure it wasn't a murder set up to look like a suicide.
    • Rebecca  •  Hanover, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      people are cruel by their comments they make, let him rest in peace in a better place called home! god be with him
    • JohnB  •  3 mths ago
      "ruled Don Cornelius' death a suicide, nearly a week after the "Soul Train" creator and host killed himself". If one kills him or herself, that is a suicide, yes? Yahoo can't be expected to proof read AP wire, can they? I'm out of here.
      • heavenly37 3 mths ago
        Well, they still clain 17 yrs later that Kurt Cobain was "suicide" as Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe.
    • Olivia  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      He couldn't live to see Obama continue to ruin our country!!!!!
      • Spaceman Spiff! 3 mths ago
        Yes, even the passing of a seventies dance-music icon can be tied into whacko TeaParty conspiracies. Perhaps Cornelius was Kenyan as well?
      • brian 3 mths ago
        No conspiracy at all. Obama IS ruining the country.
      • Olivia 3 mths ago
        No TeaParty conspiracies here just stating the facts, our country cannot afford another 4 years of Incompetence..
    • Susan  •  3 mths ago
      WAIT... they needed an autopsy to tell that the gunshot wound to the head is what killed him??
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 mths ago
      Where Da White Women??? Just AXEIN.
    • Laura  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      um...gun shot to head....gun in hand duah.....duah duah
    • DanU  •  3 mths ago
      Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuicide!
    • D  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      Too bad he made such a terrible choice. I always thought he was strange tho.
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