RIP: Isaac Hayes …
legend Isaac Hayes dies
(CNN) — Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film “Shaft,” has died, sheriff’s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.
Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Schular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department.
Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff’s department said.
No foul play is suspected, the agency said in a written statement.
Hayes was a longtime songwriter and arranger for Stax Records in Memphis, playing in the studio’s backup band and crafting tunes for artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave in the 1960s.
He released his first solo album in 1967.
In 1971, the theme from “Shaft” became a pop hit and won an Academy Award for best original theme song. The song and the movie score also won Grammy awards for best original score and movie theme.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Loved him in The rockford Files and South Park, Going to miss him.
August 10th, 2008 at 1:52 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXHCykk7fU
Rest in peace, Duke…you’re A-number-one!!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:17 pmWhat a sad weekend. Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes both gone. I don’t know if they ever met, but it’s likely they’re talkin’!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:25 pmThis to look forward to
“Hayes was about to begin work on a new album for Stax, the soul record label he helped build to legendary status. And he had recently finished work on a movie called “Soul Men” in which he played himself, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac, who died on Saturday. “
August 10th, 2008 at 4:09 pmI guess he couldn’t expel all his body thetans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_thetan
August 10th, 2008 at 6:17 pmbeat me to it Tedders
August 11th, 2008 at 7:38 amI hope he gave all his money to scientology, or else he won’t be able to meet Lord Xenu!
August 11th, 2008 at 10:05 am