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Fatal Rocko Willis
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Joined: March 01, 2003
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From: Kentucky
|  Posted: 2008-08-17 07:21
Oscar-winning Shaft theme man and all-around soul legend Isaac Hayes died this week, at age 65.
"Shut your mouth!" That's the "Shaft" line that blurted out when I first heard the horrible news that Isaac had collapsed -- reportedly from a stroke -- next to his still-running treadmill at his Memphis home. But it's true. Even sadder, Isaac died the same weekend as Bernie Mac, his co-star in the upcoming movie Soul Men. But he will always be remembered -- by older generations familiar with his early Stax-Volt era, as well as younger generations who think of him fondly as the Artist Formerly Known As Chef. That's right, Isaac supplied the sexy baritone voice of the apron-swathed South Park loverman, until a dispute with the show's creators over a controversial Tom Cruise/Scientology episode caused his character to be brutally killed off. That episode would probably be hard to watch now...
Rest in peace, Isaac Hayes. You were one bad mother and a sex machine with all the chicks...
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