Not a good week to be a male black entertainer.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65.
A family member found Hayes unresponsive near a treadmill and he was pronounced dead about an hour later at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, according to the sheriff's office. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Overnight Open Thread (11/17/2025)
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Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina...the tallest mountain east of the
Mississippi River. To give you some sense of scale, Mount Mitchell is about
6,800 feet...
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