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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 11:37 PM
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Soul 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.


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.



http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/10/hayes.obit/index.html
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 11:49 PM
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1. He was a legend in the music world. Too bad he was a scientologist
He might have lived longer. RPI, Issac!!!
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