Aug 13 2008
We Remember Isaac Hayes - with these Video Memories
We Remember Isaac Hayes - with these video memories..
Singer Isaac Hayes ‘died of stroke’
Pioneering singer and musician Isaac Hayes died aged 65
- Soul icon Isaac Hayes died of stroke-Memphis police
Reuters - 4 hours ago - Family Doc: Isaac Hayes Had a Stroke
E! Online - 4 hours ago
- Sheriff’s department: Hayes likely died of stroke
The Associated Press - 6 hours ago
Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke, police officials said.
The deep-voiced soul singer died on Sunday after he was found unconscious at his Memphis, Tennessee residence. No post-mortem was performed, but paperwork filed by Hayes’ family physician, Dr David Kraus, lists the cause of death as a stroke, police spokesman Steve Shular said.
Officers were among the emergency crews that responded, and sheriff’s department detectives were looking into the death.
Dr Kraus told investigators that he had been treating Hayes, 65, for high blood pressure, Mr Shular said.
Family members found Hayes lying on the floor of his home beside a treadmill that was still switched on.
The bald-headed singer, who laid the groundwork for disco and whose Theme From Shaft won both Academy and Grammy awards, was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. He also acted in movies and provided the voice of Chef, the school cook, on the animated TV show South Park.
He had recently finished work on the forthcoming movie Soul Men, in which he played himself. The movie stars Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mac, who died on Saturday.
Hayes was hospitalised in 2006 for treatment of exhaustion, family friends said at the time.
