Don Cornelius, the man who created “Soul Train,” was found dead in his Los Angeles home today. The L.A. County Coroner’s Department confirmed that Cornelius’ cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 75.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/02/report-soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide/