February 6th, 2012 
AT2W Staff 
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Soul Train Founder Don Cornelius’ Son Talks About Father’s Suicide and Funeral Details
The son of Soul Train founder, Don Cornelius speaks out about the moments that led up to his father’s suicide. Reports state Tony Cornelius said his father called him right before taking his own life. He says he was very unhappy while his health was also failing.
In a “CBS This Morning” , Tony Cornelius said the phone call from his father was on a Wednesday morning and he says:
“It was a call of urgency and I came to his home immediately,” he said.
“He had been very unhappy about some things that had gone on in his life and his health was failing,” Tony Cornelius said. But none of his family realized quite how depressed he was.“My father was extremely private and unfortunately, when you’re a private person, you keep things inside … Obviously, me being extremely close to him, I could tell that he was uncomfortable. But our family could never know that he would — how uncomfortable he really was,” he added.
A memorial service was being planned for February 13 in Los Angeles, according to a spokesman. An announcement whether the service will be private or public was not given at this time.
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