Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, serving as both an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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| Full name at birth | Isaac Lee Hayes Jr.
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| Claim to fame | his influence in the soul music scene and his Oscar-winning 1971 hit single Theme from Shaft (from the 1971 blaxploitation crime action thriller film Shaft), as well as his discography consisting of albums such as Presenting Isaac Hayes, The Isaac Hayes Movement, …To Be Continued, Black Moses, Hot Buttered Soul, Chocolate Chip, Disco Connection, Joy, New Horizon, For the Sake of Love, Don’t Let Go, Lifetime Thing, Love Attack, And Once Again, Raw & Refined, and Branded, in addition to his long-standing role as the voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's long-running, groundbreaking, Emmy Award-winning Comedy Central animated comedy series South Park, and his roles as Mac "Truck" Turner in the 1974 blaxploitation film Truck Turner, Gandolf "Gandy" Fitch in the NBC detective drama series The Rockford Files, the Duke in the 1981 science fiction action film Escape from New York, Holiday in the NBC crime drama series Miami Vice, Hammer in the 1988 blaxploitation parody film I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!, Cable in the 1993 Western film Posse, Detective Stubbs in the 1993 mystery comedy thriller film Acting on Impulse, Eugene Childs in the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends, Arnel in the 2005 independent musical drama film Hustle & Flow, and the Jaffa Tolok in the Showtime/Sci Fi Channel/Movie Network military science fiction adventure series Stargate SG-1
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| Date of birth | 20 August 1942
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| Place of birth | Covington, Tennessee, USA
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| Date of death | 10 August 2008
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| Age | 65 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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| Cause of death | Stroke
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| Resting place | Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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| Occupation | Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Actor, Voiceover Artist, Composer, Activist
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| Height | 5' 11½" (182 cm)
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| Weight | 170 lbs (77 kg)
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| Net worth | $12,000,000 USD
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| High school | Manassas High School
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- Isaac Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
- For “Theme from Shaft“, he won the Academy Award or “Best Song – Original for the Picture” in 1971.
- His debut studio album Presenting Isaac Hayes was released in February 1968.
- Growing up, Isaac Hayes worked on farms in the Tennessee counties of Shelby and Tipton.
- His mother died when he was quite young and his father left the family. Isaac was then raised by his maternal grandparents.
Isaac Hayes is known for his role in the film Hustle & Flow (2005) as Arnel.
He is also known for his role in the TV series Stargate SG-1 (1997) as Tolok / Teal'c PI Announcer.
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