Isaac Hayes Dead at 65
Talk about a sad weekend! Isaac Hayes died today after collapsing near his treadmill at home. He was 65. From MSN:Hayes was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis an hour after he was found by a family member, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said. The cause of death was not immediately known.
With his muscular build, shiny head and sunglasses, Hayes cut a striking figure at a time when most of his contemporaries were sporting Afros. His music, which came to be known as urban-contemporary, paved the way for disco as well as romantic crooners like Barry White.
And in his spoken-word introductions and interludes, Hayes was essentially rapping before there was rap. His career hit another high in 1997 when he became the voice of Chef, the sensible school cook and devoted ladies man on the animated TV show “South Park.”
You’re not going to believe this: he recently finished working on Soul Men with Bernie Mac. It’s true.
Other Projects he was involved with during his lifetime:
Projects By Isaac Hayes on Amazon
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7 Comments for "Isaac Hayes Dead at 65"
(1) says...
August 11th, 2008 at 1:29 am
the death of 2 great men the mac and shaft
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August 11th, 2008 at 7:56 am
I would like to offer my heartfelt condlences, on the death of your beloved, words just cannot explain the sadness that sense of loss, your husband / father was the one who decided me to do music. Thank you Isaac, you will always be my inspiration.
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August 11th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I was so sad to hear about Isaac and Bernies deaths!! Not knowing that the two men knew eachother, I said, “they’re walking into heaven together”. I could just picture them. Heaven has some great music and comedy tonight!
Condolences to both familys, and friends!
Susan
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August 12th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Hello!
I would like to extend my condolences to the entire Hayes family in loss of singer baritone Mr Issac Hayes. Mr. Hayes who was called “Black Moses” by some, wrote some great listening music. At time I still listens to “walk on by”. Mr. Hayes knew how to take an original song and turn it into an entire different sound. His music you cannot listen to just once. I remember when he was with “Stax” records. He wrote a lot of good listening music that were “hits” for other artist along with his writing partner David Porter. He was a musical genius.
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August 16th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Hello!
Condolences goes out at this time to the McCollough family of comedian Bernie Mac. Bernie had a great sense of humor and made the world laugh at his humor. He was just a funny man. May God bless the Mac family and keep them in his care.
(2) says...
August 16th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Always loved and miss
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November 10th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Much love and respect saying RIP to a true legend