BREAKING: Soul Legend Isaac Hayes Reported Dead
August 10th, 2008 | Author: Jake Paine

On Sunday August 10, icon Isaac Hayes was reported dead by Memphis' WMCTV; Hayes was 65 years old. Shelby County Sheriff's Office spokesman Steve Shular confirmed the death to the local news, claiming that Hayes' wife called police and ambulance after finding him unconsciousness near the treadmill in their Tennessee home.

Rushed to Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Hayes was pronounced dead shortly after two o'clock this morning. An investigation is underway, though foul play has been reportedly ruled out.

Isaac Hayes was a musician on the legendary Stax label, writing, composing and producing dozens of hit and critically acclaimed songs and albums.

In Hip Hop, he had collaborated with the likes of RZA and Wu-Tang Clan ("I Can't Go To Sleep" [click to read]), Ice Cube ("I Gotta Say What Up!!!") and Guru ("Night Vision"). His work has also been sampled on hit singles by Jay-Z ("Can I Live"), MF DOOM ("Dead Bent") and The Geto Boys ("My Mind Playin' Tricks On Me"). His albums Black Moses and Hot Buttered Soul are often revered as essentials by numerous Hip Hop producers.

In Pop culture, the musician and actor is best remembered for his work scoring the 1971 film Shaft and his longtime voice of Chef on South Park. Earlier this month, Hayes was touring with former label-mates Eddie Floyd and The Bar-Kays. Hayes had also been working with Bernie Mac in the Malcolm Lee film Soul Men, which also featured Bernie Mac, another beloved entertainer who died this weekend [click to read].

Hayes also is father to Ike Dirty, also known as Isaac Hayes, III, producer of Lil Scrappy's "Money In The Bank" and numerous other songs.
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WTF....People biting the bullet hard as of late. As a pioneer in soul music I have the upmost respect for him scientology aside. R.I.P.

Also there's a connection to Bernie Mac
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111948/
http://www.isaachayes.com/soul_men.jpg

Fuggin treadmill.

Rip IH

Damn.

He was a baad mutha...

Shut yo mouth...

(someone had to do it)


And that sucks - Isaac was cool as shit.

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Just in case any of you were wondering what Mr. Hayes is up to these days

What will happen to Isaac Hayes' legendary soul?
By Nina Shen Rastogi
Posted Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at 7:13 PM ET
Singer Isaac Hayes died on Sunday at the age of 65. Besides being a sex symbol, a soul-music legend, and a beloved voice-over artist, Hayes was also a dedicated Scientologist. According to his religious beliefs, what happens to Hayes now that he's passed away?

His soul will be "born again into the flesh of another body," as the Scientology Press Office's FAQ puts it. The actual details of how that rebirth occurs are not fully understood by church outsiders, but some core beliefs of Scientology are that every human being is really an immortal spiritual being known as a thetan and that the "meat bodies" we inhabit are merely vessels we shed upon death. (Members of the elite church cadre known as Sea Org, for example, sign contracts that pledge a billion years of service throughout successive lives.)

When a body dies, its thetan forgets the details of the former life, though painful and traumatic images known as engrams remain rooted in its unconscious. In order to move up the path of spiritual progression—known as the Bridge to Total Freedom—one must eradicate these psychic scars, which cause a person to act fearfully and irrationally. Once a Scientologist has purged them through the counseling process known as auditing, he or she is said to be "clear."

If Hayes had progressed high enough on the Bridge, he might have begun preparing for his next life in the final days of this one. According to former Sea Org member Chuck Beatty, some upper-level operating thetans are said to possess the ability to choose their next set of birth parents.

Cool! I can't wait for his next single.

Cool! I can't wait for his next single.
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