# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-cornelius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:03:42.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-cornelius"
name: "Don Cornelius"
slug: "don-cornelius"
description: "Donald Cortez Cornelius was an American television show host and producer widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1970 until 1993. Cornelius sold the show to MadVision Entertainment in 2008. On November 3, 2023, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ahmet Ertegun Award."
tagline: "American television show host (1936-2012)"
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country:
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category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1936-09-27"
deathDate: "2012-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump