Blogged By: La Tray / De De Tillman

Blog Source: The New York Times / BET

Photo Credit: Billboard

Video Credit: Hollyscoop / Soul Train YouTube Channel

Posted: Wednesday February 1, 2012 @ 2:06 pm PST

Topic: Don Cornelius

Soul Train host and creator Don Cornelius was found shot dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday February 1, 2012 from an apparent suicide according to the Los Angeles Coroner office and the L.A.P.D.

Someone called the police department at Cornelius home in Sherman Oaks, California on Mulholland Drive a little bit before 4:00 am Wednesday morning and it was reported gun shots were fired. When the police arrived at the home, they entered the home when someone let them in and found Cornelius lifeless on the floor which appeared to be gun shot to the head that seemed to be self-inflicted according to Ed Winter, the Los Angles County assistant chief.

Cornelius was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 4:56 a.m.

Cornelius was 75.

RIP Don Thanks For The Hippest Trips In America – Love, Peace & Soul.

BET and Centric is honoring Cornelius’ legacy by having a full TV program line-up.

HERE’S THE TV LINE-UP:

BET Programming Lineup

Wednesday, February 1

6:00 p.m.* – 106 & PARK Special Episode

8:00 p.m.* – SOUL TRAIN: HIPPEST TRIP IN AMERICA

Thursday, February 2

8:00 p.m.* – SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2011

CENTRIC Programming Lineup

Wednesday, February 1

10:00 p.m.* – SOUL TRAIN: HIPPEST TRIP IN AMERICA

12:00 a.m.* – 24-hour SOUL TRAIN Marathon

Thursday, February 2

24-hour SOUL TRAIN Marathon continues…

Friday, February 3

9:00 p.m.* – SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2011

Saturday, February 4

10:00 a.m.* – 12-hour SOUL TRAIN Marathon

10:00 p.m.* – SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2010

Sunday, February 5

9:00 a.m.* – 12-hour SOUL TRAIN Marathon

*All times are ET/PT.