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'''Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.''' (1942 - 2008) was an actor, musicion, song-writer, composer, and singer. His music focused on soul and funk.
'''Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.''' (1942 - 2008) was an actor, musician, songwriter, composer, and singer. His music focused on soul and funk.
Hayes has been best known for composing music for the soundtrack to [[Shaft]].
Hayes has been best known for composing music for the soundtrack to the 1971 blaxploitation film ''[[Shaft]]''.
Hayes had also played a voice part on the controversially explicit cartoon, [[South Park]], as the character "Chef". He continued for nine years until 2007, when he quit in protest to the critical stance the show had made against [[Scientology]].
Hayes had also played a voice part on the controversially explicit cartoon, ''[[South Park]]'', as the character "Chef". He continued for nine years until 2007, when he quit in protest to the critical stance the show had made against [[Scientology]].
On August 10, 2008, Hayes was found unconscious near a still-running treadmill in his home in [[Memphis]], Tennessee. He was later pronounced dead at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Hayes had suffered a stroke back in early 2006, and a recurrence of stroke may have been a catalyst in his death.
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