it s a heartbreak to know that he s gone at 75. talk to me a little bit about, you know, the barriers he broke, the doors he opened. do you think had it not been for soul train, had it not been for don cornelius, stevie wonder, do you think you would be where you are today? well, obviously, he was a major contribute toor to allowi that to happen. i think definitely the visual presence of a lot of the different artists he made happen because the doors to get in like that were kind of crazy. but it opened up such a whole other kind of era of music and dance. he found the latest dances on soul train. again, like i said before, my understanding is that the dancers were incredibly great, and at some point a lot of oertel visiothe other television shows began to emulate what he was doing. so that s a good thing. when americans saw soul train and saw a new don cornelius. we knew him for his baritone, his style, the dancing kind of setting the trend. but who was the perso