Who is the man...?

[Joe Allonby]

Another exercise related fatality.

It's too bad he wasn't lauded more for his skills as a songwriter. His tunes
helped make Stax/Volt what it was before he ever sang a note.

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, but his music lives one: http://tinyurl.com/ukleshaft
>
> Dehdehn, deh, dehdehn, de; da, deh, da!
>
> HENRY M
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>
> Soul legend Isaac Hayes dead at 65
>
> (CNN) -- Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an
> Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's
> officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.
> Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running
> treadmill, said Steve Schular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's
> Department.
> Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was
> pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff's department said.
> No foul play is suspected, the agency said in a written statement.
> Hayes was a longtime songwriter and arranger for Stax Records in Memphis,
> playing in the studio's backup band and crafting tunes for artists such as
> Otis Redding and Sam and Dave in the 1960s.
> He released his first solo album in 1967.
> In 1971, the theme from "Shaft" became a pop hit and won an Academy Award
> for best original theme song. The song and the movie score also won Grammy
> awards for best original score and movie theme.
> He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002
>
>
>
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