COBRA STARSHIP rocker GABE SAPORTA has assured fans he's not dead following Internet reports about the singer's demise. A death certificate and bogus MTVNews.com story ...

Just in case you were wondering why on earth "gabe saporta dead" was rising up the Google Trends ranks yesterday, apparently some lunatic out there Photoshopped an MTVNews.com page and a death certificate that were both claiming the Cobra Starship singer had died in a bus accident. (Seriously, who has time to do that? Is it because summer vacation is almost over or what?) But he's fine. ...

Contrary to rumors started by Internet douchebags, Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship is not dead .

First Bernie Mac, and now Isaac Hayes! The Sheriff’s office in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday that a family member found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to his exercise equipment. Paramedics attempted to revive him on the scene and then transported Hayes to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m. No foul play is suspected, and an official ...

Well, this weekend totally sucked an egg. Bernie Mac AND Isaac Hayes died . No more 'merica! No more salty chocolate balls! IMDb says: Comedian Bernie Mac has died after losing his battle with pneumonia. The 50-year-old Ocean's Eleven star passed away on Saturday morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, a week after being admitted to the medical centre. Also:  ...

On the MTV News website, this article was posted and quickly removed, when I clicked the link it was "unavailable." Apparently, the Fueled By Ramen band, Cobra Starship, was in a bus accident, and all of them have been hospitalized, except the lead singer, Gabe Saporta (formerly of Midtown), who was pronounced dead on the scene. Did anyone else see this? Apparently there is a death ...

We're not the superstitious kind around here and it's probably too soon to be speculating about such matters, but this isn't the sort of thing that is easy to ignore. Over the weekend, we were hit hard by the deaths of comedian Bernie Mac and soul legend Isaac Hayes . They were both stars of the upcoming Soul Men which, at first glance is somewhat of a Black Blues Brothers also starring ...

Scary trivia: Both Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac just wrapped up filming a movie called Soul Men , along with Samuel L. Jackson. Crazy. As for Hayes, I’m still at a loss for words. I remember back in the day, going through my dad’s records on Saturday mornings as a young kid and somehow gravitating to all of the the Issac Hayes records in the collection. My favorite record back ...

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As you surely are aware by now, over the weekend, both 50 year-old Bernie Mac and 65 year-old Isaac Hayes died. The former succumbed to pneumonia after several weeks of speculation over his health; the latter apparently collapsed whilst exercising at home. At first, the news––especially in regards to Mac––was greeted with shock. But by late Sunday, the two deaths had been conflated into a ...

Last weekend was a one of Celebration (the 2008 Olympics) and great Sadness (the death of two Entertainment Industry legends). Comedic Genius Bernie Mac from "Chi-town" and Mr. "Shaft" Song Composer/ "Soul Brother" himself Isaac Hayes Jr. from Tennessee, both left this Earth much too soon. Bernie ( real name Bernard Jeffrey McCollough ) died at the age of 50 from Sarcoidosis-related ...

Top Images:  380010.jpg Body:  It was a sad weekend for the entertainment industry.  Firstly, comedian Bernie Mac passed away from complications pneumonia early Saturday morning.  The 50-year-old actor suffered from the lung disaese sarcoidosis but had been in remission prior to his admission to a Chicago hospital.  Bernie’s Ocean’s 11 co-star Brad ...

Isaac Hayes who co-stars with Bernie Mac in the upcoming film Soul Men was found dead on Sunday afternoon. Hayes, the soul singer who was 65 collapsed near his treadmill and was found dead by a family member as reports by AP: more photos after the jump… Hayes was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis [...]

This weekend brought the passing of Isaac Hayes, the original sexy baldheaded chocolate man, and Bernie Mac, the edgy comedian who went from jokes about child abuse to the family friendly The Bernie Mac Show. In a March 2003 story, Keith Boykin highlighted a story on Bernice Mac from Rolling Out Magazine, explaining how he overcame homophobia: "In an interview with Rico Washington, Mac admits

How come all the cool brothas keep dying? In just 24 hours Bernie Mac died of Pneumonia (he was only 50) and Isaac Hayes was found dead in his home next to a treadmill. Both losses were sudden and unexpected, but since this is a music blog I will choose to focus on Mr. Hayes' too short life. Most people remember Isaac Hayes as the man who created one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time

Wow. First Bernie Mac , now Isaac Hayes . It's been a sad weekend in entertainment. Isaac Hayes dies at age 65.

According to the Associated Press , 65-year-old singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes has passed away after being found unresponsive in his Memphis, TN home. An indelible influence on the world of music, a pop culture icon besides for his work as Chef on "South Park" and in its full-length feature , Hayes will be most fondly remembered in the world of film for his award-winning theme to Shaft and ...

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough aka Bernie Mac October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008 Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008 There must be plenty of laughing and singing going on in heaven this weekend. We lost two greats over the span of two days. Comedian/actor Bernie Mac died on Saturday, August 9, 2008, from complications due to pneumonia and legendary ...

It has been a tough weekend with the untimely passing of comedian Bernie Mac, and now it just got tougher. Isaac Hayes, who won as Oscar for one of the most memorable theme songs ever with "Shaft," has died. He was 65 years ago. Hayes was found unconscious at his home in Memphis, Tennessee by relatives near his treadmill which was still running. Parademics attempted to

This weekend just sucks. First Bernie Mac and now Isaac Hayes. The 65 year-old soul singer and former South Park actor died today at the age of 65. His wife found him by a treadmill in their home in Memphis early this morning. He was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead at 2:08 am. More details are not yet known. Musician Isaac Hayes — who wrote the theme song for ...