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Author Topic: Isaac Hayes - Dead at 65 Shane Cooper Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Little Rock, Arkansas Registered: Jun 2004 posted 08-10-2008 03:57 PM                     Isaac Hayes dead at 65 Isaac Hayes (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. Singer Issac Hayes seen performing in the U.K. last year. Hayes was found dead Sunday at age 65. Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, 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, and his 1969 follow-up, "Hot Buttered Soul," became a platinum hit. Don't Miss iReport.com: Your memories of Isaac Hayes In 1971, the theme from "Shaft" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks 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. Hayes won a third Grammy for pop instrumental performance with the title track to his 1972 "Black Moses" album. From the late 1990s through 2006, Hayes provided the voice of "Chef" for Comedy Central's raunchy animated series "South Park," as well as numerous songs. The role introduced him to a new generation of fans, but he left after the show lampooned his own religion, the Church of Scientology. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 08-10-2008 05:17 PM                     Ah shit, this really sucks. Another one bites the dust.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-10-2008 05:38 PM                        Is this the guy?  |  IP: Logged Clint Koch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1435 From: San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-10-2008 06:56 PM                     As a semi qualified musician I find Joe's post really REALLY distasteful and just freakin RUDE! Isaac was a very talented man who deserves better than that! Isaac, RIP. Clint  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-10-2008 08:52 PM                     Issac Hayes had one of the longest, and most hilarious death scenes in movies ever, I think it was during Truck Turner? Great stuff.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-10-2008 09:01 PM                        I thought he was a lot older than 65. I really didn't know anything about the guy but I liked his 2 big hits - Shaft especially. I remember he was on the Dean Martin variety show once - and Isaac was wearing no shirt, just a bunch of gold chains with a medallion of some sort. Martin came over sorta drunkenly, as per normal, after Isaac's song and sized him up, and said, "Well, I really like your ... shirt." Probably doesn't work in print, but if you know what Dino was like, you know it was a hilarious moment.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-10-2008 10:59 PM                     He was the Duke of New York. The A-Number One.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-11-2008 12:35 AM                        Seriously, all I know is the guy's pic I posted is named "Isaac". So it must be the same guy. I am also a semi-qualified musician. Search da net! EDIT: I read elsewhere that this is chef from South Park! I seriously didn't know. I remember that he is a scientologist so he'll just be reincarnated real quick-like. No worries!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-11-2008 09:36 AM                     Isaac Hayes' involvement with Scientology led to his departure from the South Park cast. Trey Parker & Matt Stone put together the infamous "Trapped in the Closet" episode during Season 9. It lampooned Tom Cruise, R. Kelly and spilled the beans about "what scientologists actually believe." Tom Cruise reportedly pressured Paramount and Viacom brass to never air that episode of South Park ever again in the U.S. and prevent it from being seen in other countries. Eventually Comedy Central aired the episode again anyway in response to vocal fan support. It was during this time Isaac Hayes chose to leave the cast for good. Rumors suggest he may have been pressured by other church members to leave. Trey Parker and Matt Stone responded by starting off Season 10 with "The Return of Chef." They patched together old pieces of recorded Chef dialog to make him sound like a member of an adventurers club that molests children around the world. Chef ends up getting eaten by a bear and mountain lion. The creepy club members put him back together as a sort of Darth Vader version of Chef. Those two episodes can be seen in their entirety at southparkstudios.com.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-11-2008 01:32 PM                     Damn you, Super Adventure Club!  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 08-11-2008 01:36 PM                     This is too bad. SHAFT was great, and I really liked him in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Strangely, he starred in a movie coming out in November called SOUL MEN, which also features Bernie Mac. He certainly was a bad mother--  |  IP: Logged Hillary Charles Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 748 From: York, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 08-11-2008 04:27 PM                     quote: He certainly was a bad mother-- SHUT YOUR MOUTH! [ 08-11-2008, 08:30 PM: Message edited by: Hillary Charles ]  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-11-2008 06:12 PM                     He's talkin' about Shaft.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-11-2008 06:35 PM                     We can dig it!  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-11-2008 06:50 PM                     Well he was Black, Bold and Bloody Mean! as the bad ass bounty hunter in "Truck Turner" (1974).  |  IP: Logged

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