RIP Don Cornelious
 

Yeah, I heard this on the news. R.I.P., Don. You'll be missed. I used to watch Soul Train sometimes, and I always enjoyed it.

Yeah. Sad. Suicide apperantly. I think I saw maybe one ep of Soul Train for curiosity sake...I got bored after 10 min and changed the channel. *lol*

I was sad until I found out that he offed himself.

Now I'm just pissed.

Yeah, I wonder what the hell led to that. It's just sad to think of someone just taking their own life. But maybe he had issues no one knew about.

At 75, he might have suffered from severe physical and/or mental health problems. If he was already dying would it be so terrible?

It's not akin to the case of Kurt Cobain, who left behind a young wife and small child when he committed suicide.

As for "Soul Train", I don't remember the show, though I am quite familiar with the titular song, often played on oldies radio stations.

We've already been through this crap in the Volcanic Asteroid. Nice try.

Older and wiser is definitely a myth. What a sad way to end is life, beginning when he left the show in 1993. I enjoyed it even in reruns, have watched a documentary about it, and it really was the place to be to see the latest trends of soul and funk, disco, and later rap and hip-hop. You sometimes can catch reruns on Centric. I own a big record collection, and Soul Train even had its own record label for a few years. RIP Mr. Cornelius even if the Lord is not at your right hand.

I was never on the Volcanic Asteriod, for the record. All the same, whatever you think of Don Cornelius, it's not the same as the Kurt Cobain situation I referred to. The bad part about the latter is how so many people were treating Cobain like he was some sort of martyr. I think we can agree on the fact that he wasn't.

You know why they treat Cobain as such? Cuz he was a rock star. In this type of society, you can get away with certain things with the public.

Now if he was a WRESTLER...

What the hell are you even talking about.

He was most likely a sick and dying old man that felt he would rather go out on his own terms. Cobain killed himself because he was a whiny b*tch that was too concerned with being commercial and selling out to think about his daughter.

It's not good but I ain't gonna be mad at the Don. He was on Fresh Prince.

So what, being on Fresh Prince gives you a critical immunity if you off yourself?

I'll let you know if James Avery commits sepuku.

Read the beginning of my post, Dingus.

If he was sick, dying, in pain and didn't want to slowly waste away to nothing I can't really get mad at him for doing it.

It's not good by any means but I get it.

What ever happened to morals? Forgot about that?

And? He was pretty messed up and decided to cut to the chase instead of being put on display as he died slowly.

He didn't murder anyone. He didn't hurt anyone physically. He took himself out so he wouldn't have to go through terminal illness. I don't see how you can sit there and say "F*ck this guy" over that.

First of all, I didn't say "F*ck this guy". Way to judge a book by its cover.

Second, you're right, he didn't murder nor hurt anyone. Except for himself. I understand that he was sick and dying, but it still doesn't change the fact that he pretty much gave up.

What I don't get is why you choose to sympathize with that. Aren't you all about "not giving in" and stuff?

Listen asshole. Don't talk to me about terminal illness and the situations those bring up.

To simply say "He gave up" reeks of ignorance and shows that you know absolutely nothing about situations such as this.

You need to chill the f*ck out.

I know the situations. I KNOW the emotions that play out.

If I'm pissing you off that much, I'm f*cking sorry. I swear, we can't even have a civil conversation in this place anymore...

Ben, I understand your feelings on this. I can see why you'd be upset that he killed himself. But maybe it was more than just terminal illness. Maybe he had mental issues in his old age, and he just couldn't take it anymore. I agree that he shouldn't have taken that route, but we can't change what happened. We can be sad about it and wonder why, but we can't dwell on it.

For the record, I didn't intend to make any apologia for suicide. I don't know why Don Cornelius did it or how his physical and mental health were at the time. My point was that he was a man probably near the end of his life anyway and suffering incurably. I don't know and this is just a guess. But I made the Kurt Cobain comparison because Cobain was a young man who left his wife and small child behind, and his suicide was a far worse crime. Unsurprisingly, my saying that has provoked no controversy at all.

In regards to what happened on the previous page, let's please keep the personal arguments off the forums.