Soul fable ISAAC HAYES has died. He was 65.
Hayes passed away on Sunday (10Aug08) aurora at a Memphis, Tennessee hospital. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
According to reports, the songwriter was rushed to Baptist East Hospital after an emergency call from Hayes' married woman, who found him fabrication near a treadmill in the couple's home.
Police at The Shelby County Sheriff's Office are investigation the star's death, only do non believe repellant play was a factor.
Born in 1942 in Covington, Tennessee, Hayes was raised by his enate grandparents, wHO moved the family to Memphis when he was six.
Hayes' early ambitions of becoming a doctor were redirected when he won a talent contest in ninth grade, singing Nat King Cole's Looking Back.
A self-taught player, he was hired in 1964 by Tennessee-based Stax Records as a stand-in pianist, working as a session musician for music greats including Otis Redding.
He presently paved his way to stardom with the button of his album Hot Buttered Soul in 1969.
The soulfulness singer stone-broke out with a turn one hit with the 1971 Grammy Award-winning Theme From Shaft from the iconic film, starring worker Richard Roundtree.
Hayes' chart-topping singles too include Hold On, I'm Coming and Soul Man.
In the early seventies, Hayes continued to forge a path for discotheque and urban-contemporary music, qualification way for legendary singers like Barry White.
In a 1999 interview reflecting on his career he said of his influence: "I knew nothing around the business enterprise, or trends and things like that. I remember it was a matter of timing. I didn't know what was flowering."
In accession to music, Hayes has appeared in several movies, including It Could Happen to You with Nicolas Cage, Ninth Street with Martin Sheen and Reindeer Games, leading Ben Affleck.
Hayes enjoyed success as a radio show
