"Inspiring" Don Cornelius remembered in N.Y.C.

Fans and friends including Roberta Flack paid tribute to "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius in Harlem on Saturday, calling the producer a fearless pioneer who brought black music to television and gave hundreds of dancers and musicians their start.

"He didn't have a great big light telling him `Go over here, don't go over there, watch where you step, there's a hole right there,"' Flack told the crowd. "He stepped."

Activist Al Sharpton led the tribute as part of the weekly community

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