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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. talk-show host Tavis Smiley is praising the late "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius for helping to preserve and promote African-American culture.
Cornelius served as host of the TV dance series from 1971 to 1993. The show wrapped up its final season in 2006.
Cornelius died this week after apparently shooting himself in the head in his California home. He was 75.
"Don Cornelius was our cultural ambassador when black music, when black dance, when black fashion were under-appreciated in this country," Smiley told TMZ. "I think that Don Cornelius' real contributions were never really appreciated ... Sometimes, it takes something tragic like this to really appreciate the contributions one has made ... I hate to see it happen like this ... He will be missed."
The Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network said they plan to hold a tribute to Cornelius in New York's Harlem neighborhood Saturday morning.
Cornelius will be remembered for "his frequent visits to the community and finding talent and giving in national attention on 'Soul Train,'" organizers of the tribute said.
The Los Angeles Times said Cornelius was distraught when he called his son Anthony shortly before he killed himself.
Anthony went to Cornelius' home and discovered his father critically injured with a gunshot wound to the head. The older man was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Times said.
"You have to be in a person's shoes really to understand. Obviously, me being extremely close to him, I could tell that he was uncomfortable," Anthony told "CBS This Morning," explaining Cornelius lately had been in failing health. "But our family could never know that he would -- how uncomfortable he really was."
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