Soul Musician Isaac Hayes Dies at 65 - The Grammy Awards, Celebrity Gossip

Isaac Hayes Dead at 65
CelebWarship — This was not a good weekend for talented black men: soul icon Isaac Hayes died at his Memphis home on Sunday. The Oscar and Grammy winner was 65 years old. A relative discovered an unresponsive Hayes near an exercise machine in their home at midday, and Hayes was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m. when he arrived at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office tells People. “The family had last seen him about noon,” says Steve Shular, public information officer for ...

Soul musician Isaac Hayes dies at 65
In Case You Didn't Know — ... the 1970s TV police drama The Rockford Files, starring James Garner. He is also set to appear in a small part in the movie Soul Men, a comedy led by Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac. Family Man In 2006, Hayes’s welcomed a son, who was named Nana Kwadjo Hayes. It was the musician’s first child with his wife Adjowa. (They were married in 2005.) Hayes reportedly had 12 children, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Source WENN ...

Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes Died
IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com — ... other details are available at this time. We ask that his family's privacy continues to be respected." On Aug 1, Mac was admitted to a hospital at Northwestern Memorial hospital with pneumonia said his rep, adding that he was expected to recover, despite widespread rumors about the seriousness of his condition." And Oscar and Grammy winner, Isaac Hayes, 65, was found dead in his Memphis home yesterday. The musician and actor had a history of high blood pressure and a stroke in 2006. People reports: A releative discovered an unresponsive Hayes near an exercise machine in ...

Bernie Mac & Isaac Hayes Jr.! The Death of two Legends!
VoteMeCool — ... 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 Pneumonia. Sarcoidosis is an Immune System Disorder. Hayes' (real name Isaac Lee Hayes Jr.) demise at age 50, was a result of "Natural Causes", presumably a Heart Attack. The actual reason has not yet been reported. However he was found lying unconscious on the floor of his home beside a treadmill that was ...

Grammy Winner and South Park Chef (voice-over) Isaac Hayes Dies at 65
poponthepop.com — ... he abruptly quit over what he considered the show’s disrespect for religion. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone speculated that Hayes was offended by the show’s treatment of his faith, Scientology. Born in Covington, Tenn., Hayes was a self-taught musician. At age 22, he was hired by Stax Records of Memphis to play backup for piano and sax for Otis Redding and others. In the ’60s, with David Porter, he wrote soul hits for Sam and Dave (”Hold On, I’m Coming” and “Soul Man” source This Entry Posted to - ...

Issac Hayes is dead
Celebslam: They're Better Than Us — ... noon. Family members had gone to the grocery store and left him home. When the family came home around 1, his wife’s cousin found him lying on the floor in the basement near a treadmill. The treadmill was running, so it is believed that he had been working out. There doesn’t seem to be any foul play,” says Shular. “We don’t see anything suspicious about his death. There will be a further statement from the hospital about the cause of death.” (Source) ...