Report: Isaac Hayes Likely Died of a Stroke

Report: Isaac Hayes Likely Died of a Stroke
Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke, officials with the sheriff’s department said Tuesday.

The deep-voiced soul singer died Sunday after he was found unconscious at his Memphis home.

No autopsy was performed, but paperwork filed by Hayes’ family physician, Dr. David Kraus, lists the cause of death as a stroke, sheriff’s spokesman Steve Shular said Tuesday.

Family members found the soul singer, 65, lying on the floor of his home beside a treadmill that was still switched on.

Hayes won an Oscar and a Grammy for 1971’s “Theme from Shaft” and was the voice of Chef on South Park from 1996 to 2007.

He had just wrapped the upcoming movie Soul Men, in which he played himself. The movie also stars Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mac, who died on Saturday.

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