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Isaac Lee Hayes Jr
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 (3 years ago, aged 66)

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Isaac Hayes was an American Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter, actor and musician. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s.

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  • 1961
    Began his recording career as a session player for various acts of the Memphis-based Stax Records
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  • 1968
    Released his debut album, Presenting Isaac Hayes, a jazzy, largely improvised effort that was commercially unsuccessful
    -1 !
  • 1971
    composed music for the soundtrack of the blaxploitation film Shaft
    6 !
  • 1972
    won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the "Theme from Shaft"
    10 !
  • 1974
    Hayes sues Stax Records for $5.3 million
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  • 1976
    forced into bankruptcy, owing over $6 million
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  • 1995
    March 1: launched a comeback on the Virgin label with Branded, an album of new material that earned impressive sales figures
    4 !
  • 1995
    September 1: joined Scientology
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  • 1997
    August 13: began providing the voice for the character of "Chef" on South Park
    7 !
  • 1998
    the Chef song "Chocolate Salty Balls" became a number-one U.K. hit
    4 !
  • 2002
    inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
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  • 2006
    March 13: Quit working on South Park, citing recent episodes which satirized religious beliefs as being intolerant
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  • 2006
    March 22: South Park episode "The Return of Chef," goes to air where Chef is killed off the show
    -5 !
  • 2008
    August 10: Died in his home located just east of Memphis
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