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down to the thigh-high boots.”Perhaps the biggest challenge, though, was capturing the deep, mellifluous voice that Don Cornelius used on-air. From there, he went on to do what he was famous for doing. However, by 2009, his second marriage was over, and Don was found in his home in 2012 with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to His oldest son, Anthony, who is now a television producer and executive produces the series "He was not feeling well so it's really hard to say why my dad decided he had had enough," Anthony told  Not much is known at this time about the health or whereabouts of Don Cornelius' first wife. George was born on September 13 1905, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, VS.

The couple went on to become parents to two children, both sons, named Anthony and Raymond. Legendary “Soul Train” dancer Damita Jo Freeman knew that she... “They custom-made a lot of the suits, a lot of the clothes, and they did a lot of vintage shopping to bring Don together,” he says. Legendary “Soul Train” dancer Damita Jo Freeman knew that she had some superbad skills when the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, picked her to boogie with him onstage.

“I had long conversations with my mother to get her blessing on [depicting] some of the things that happened between the two of them,” says Cornelius, whose dad committed suicide in 2012. “When you’re on the show, your job — or your joy — is to dance.” Why Famous: Creator of Soul Train, dance show Age: 75 (9/27/1936 - 2/1/2012) Don Cornelius Photos (2) Don Cornelius' Relationships (2) Thanks for contacting us. Whether it be the way he dressed or the way he wore his hair, it was always about the fine points.”Wearing the famous Don Cornelius Afro in “American Soul” is Sinqua Walls (“Power”), who needed a little hair help to re-create that look.

He got physical because it was everything for him. I had to sit there for easily an hour every day to get the full wig with the makeup. That’s where I first met my [early favorite] music artists.”Indeed, “Soul Train” — dubbed “the hippest trip in America” — “changed a lot of people’s lives . . “I think in the end my father always had a method to the madness.”Certainly, Cornelius learned well from his father’s meticulous attention to detail: “He always talked about the fine points . .

Wearing the famous Don Cornelius Afro in “American Soul” is Sinqua Walls (“Power”), who needed a little hair help to re-create that look. Normally, as a guy, it would take me about 15 minutes in the [hair-and-makeup] chair.”Walls also spent a lot of time in wardrobe to rock the superfly clothes worn by Don. We've received your submission.Serving as an executive producer of “American Soul” — the 10-episode series about “Soul Train” that premieres Tuesday on BET — Tony Cornelius had one particular critic in mind: his late father, Don Cornelius, the mastermind behind the dance-show juggernaut.“Sometimes I think about what my father would think — I was very sensitive to that,” says Cornelius, 60, whose dad served as both host and executive producer of “Soul Train” after creating the program as an African-American alternative to “American Bandstand.” “He was a very tough guy when it came to decision-making. He found work in 1966 as a news reporter and disc jockey at a local Chicago radio show. He put it all on his shoulders.”“In ‘American Soul,’ he does get physical with people,” Cornelius tells The Post. Ask anyone who was around in the '70s and they'll probably tell you memories of the TV show The couple went on to become parents to two children, both sons, named Anthony and Raymond. “There are multiple things that he wore that were re-created . .

They later divorced, and Don left his job as a salesman and wanted to try his hands at broadcasting. Despite the influence of “Soul Train” on pop-culture memory, friends and supporters lament what little serious recognition and respect Don Cornelius got when he was alive.

Entertainment - TV Personality. “The only part of my own hair was the part that we glued the wig to,” Walls tells The Post.

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people who wanted to get away from their circumstances,” says Cornelius. “Our wig department created all the Afros. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.