No more Chef
Aug 10, 2008 15:30:32 GMT -5
Post by Spirit of 76 on Aug 10, 2008 15:30:32 GMT -5
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Soul singer and musician Isaac Hayes has died, according to Memphis TV station WMC-TV. He was 65. The pioneering songwriter's many honors include a Grammy for the theme from "Shaft."
The station's Web site attributes the report to Shelby County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Steve Shular, saying a sheriff's deputy was called to Hayes' home after the singer's wife found him on the floor near a treadmill.
WMC-TV goes on to say Hayes was taken to Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08am. An investigation into the death is continuing, the station says.
Hayes was also known to millions as the voice of soulful cafeteria worker Chef on the animated "South Park." He left the show in 2006 after a dispute over the show's treatment of Scientology. Hayes had been a Scientologist since the mid 1990s.
Soul singer and musician Isaac Hayes has died, according to Memphis TV station WMC-TV. He was 65. The pioneering songwriter's many honors include a Grammy for the theme from "Shaft."
The station's Web site attributes the report to Shelby County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Steve Shular, saying a sheriff's deputy was called to Hayes' home after the singer's wife found him on the floor near a treadmill.
WMC-TV goes on to say Hayes was taken to Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08am. An investigation into the death is continuing, the station says.
Hayes was also known to millions as the voice of soulful cafeteria worker Chef on the animated "South Park." He left the show in 2006 after a dispute over the show's treatment of Scientology. Hayes had been a Scientologist since the mid 1990s.
