R&B soul crooner Isaac Hayes, wHO laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died this afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said.
Hayes, 65, was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis soon after he was found by his wife, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office aforesaid. The reason of death was non immediately known.
Hayes was one of the chief creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer. In the recent 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soulfulness albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist.
His career collide with another high in 1997 when he became the voice of Chef, the sensible school cook and devoted ladies man on the animated TV prove "South Park."
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