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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 11 > Isaac Hayes created ‘Theme from Shaft’

Isaac Hayes created ‘Theme from Shaft’

Sixty-five-year-old collapses; cause of death unknown

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 11, 2008

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose “Theme from Shaft” won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was....

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