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'Cool as ice' Isaac Hayes dies in Memphis
'Cool as ice' Isaac Hayes dies in Memphis
Last Modified: 11 Aug 2008
By:
Stephanie West
Isaac Hayes dies at 65 after being found unconscious next to a moving treadmill at his home in Memphis.
Along with James Brown and Stevie Wonder, he was one of the biggest black stars of the early 1970s, a man described as "cool as ice".
The American singer and songwriter won an Oscar for the theme to the film Shaft and was more recently known as the voice of Chef in the cartoon show, South Park.
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