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Soul man Isaac Hayes died today

11:58 PM Sun, Aug 10, 2008 | Permalink |

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Isaac Hayes with Soul II Soul - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Isaac Hayes, Memphis soul legend, dead at 65. Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Legendary soul music performer Isaac Hayes died this afternoon after he was found unconscious in his Shelby County home. He was 65.
A family member found the entertainer next to a running treadmill at about 1 p.m. Sunday, said Steve Shular, spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office.

Hayes, born Aug. 20, 1942, was rushed to Baptist Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m.

Hayes' wife, their 2-year-old son and another family member had gone to the grocery store around noon, Shular said. When they returned, they found Hayes unresponsive...

The world mourns:

Isaac Hayes n'est plus.

Isaac Hayes est mort

Isaac Hayes is niet meer

Isaac Hayes is overleden.

Oh Word finds words fail: #1 Soul Brother

...no wordy reflections on Isaac Hayes' life and craft could possibly capture the energy, the dynamics and the sheer groove of his music. If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd need the Rock Steady Crew and Frank Gehry to even start to describe how far Black Moses took soul from 3 minutes of rawness to black symphonies....
But that's not important right now. All I want to do is listen to the music. Isaac Hayes is gone and the world just got a little less funky. Get down.

Tunes and video there.

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