Showing posts with label Celebrities in Memoriam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrities in Memoriam. Show all posts
Thursday, July 12, 2012
ZSA ZSA PADILLA Sings 'Through The Years' in Necrological Service for DOLPHY
Monday, February 13, 2012
PARTY PILIPINAS Pays Tribute to WHITNEY HOUSTON (Dead at 48) - Feb. 12, 2012
WHITNEY HOUSTON Dead at 48 - Philippine News - Feb. 12, 2012
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The late PAQUITO DIAZ - Last Day of Wake - March 9, 2011
Snapshots from the video
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Celebrities in Memoriam: Remembering PATRICK SWAYZE
Another famous celebrity died this year. Patrick Swayze, star of 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ghost', died today at age 57.
2009 seems to be the year of passing of famous celebrities. David Carradine, Dom DeLuise (Canonball Run), Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, James Whitmore, John Hughes (Home Alone), Karl Malden (Streets of San Francisco), Pat Hingle (Cocoon), Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island), Ron Silver (Baddie from 'Time Cop'), Michael Jackson and Ted Kennedy. Even in the Philippine local scene, a number of Pinoy celebrities died in 2009 such as Francis Magalona, Erano Manalo and Corazon Aquino.
I amusingly remember an emotional scene in 'Red Dawn' when Patrick Swayze burst into tears along with some nose discharge that formed into a bubble. Same thing happened to an emotional scene in a different Patrick Swayze movie of which clouded the title in my mind.
I remember watching 'Ghost' with my ex-girlfriend in 1990, the movie brought tears to my eyes particularly at the ending when Patrick says goodbye to Demi Moore. 'Time Of My Life' happens to be the theme song with another ex-girlfriend of mine, it's from the movie 'Dirty Dancing' circa 1987. I also remember Patrick Swayze's song 'She's Like the Wind' in the same movie which oftentimes played in romantic radio stations here in the Philippines.
I also remember Patrick Swayze's cool dance moves in 'Dirty Dancing' with Joel Grey's daughter Jennifer, a dance move that's on par, alright...not Fred Astaire but, with a Gene Kelly dance number. A not so popular Patrick Swayze movie 'Road House' came also to my mind with its explicit sex scenes in it.
I also remember a Francis Ford Coppola movie 'The Outsider' in which Patrick Swayze plays the leader of the Greaser gang.
And who couldn't forget 'Unchained Melody' that was played prominently in the early part of the 1990s specially here in romantic-mode Philippines due to the tremendous part of the Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore starrer 'Ghost'
Patrick Swayze made movies that are indelible in our memories and a memorable song 'She's Like The Wind' making the month of February in a love mode. RIP Patrick Swayze, you'll always be remembered.
Friday, June 26, 2009
MICHAEL JACKSON Remembered by FILIPINO Fans & Celebrities in the PHILIPPINES - Video June 26, 2009
Videos courtesy of 24 Oras which aired June 26, 2009.
Filipino fan Joseph Pamintuan on his idol Michael Jackson
Filipino celebrities Jojo Alejar and Joey Marquez on their idol Michael Jackson
Arnold Clavio's encounter with the King of Pop during Michael Jackson's HIStory Concert Tour in the Philippines on December 1996
Remembering MICHAEL JACKSON (1958-2009) in the Philippines
I also remember Michael Jackson with then-mayor of Paranaque city Joey Marquez when they visited a tertiary Hospital in Paranaque, the Paranaque Community Hospital. Michael Jackson waved at the crowd outside of the hospital which is just in front of a private school, the St. Andrew's School.
Also, Michael Jackson stayed at the historic Manila Hotel during his short stay in Manila, on his way to the hotel with his entourage an ati-atihan dance group dressed in ati-atihan costume danced to the tune of Billie Jean while Michael Jackson amusingly clapped and danced with them in appreciation.
Here's an exclusive photo of Michael Jackson being resuscitated before transfering to the LA Hospital, snapshot from CNN's LArry King Live a few minutes ago
Snapshots of the helicopter with Michael Jackson's body in it on their way to the coroner's place for autopsy
Michael Jackson influenced a lot of Filipino entertainers here in the Philippines with the likes of Gary V., Billy Crawford and Jojo Alejar. Michael Jackson will be forever remembered as the King of Pop just like his ex-Father-in-Law Elvis Presley as the King of Rock & Roll.
MICHAEL JACKSON is DEAD at age 50
I have just finished making a blog about Farrah Fawcett and this sad news came in minutes ago. Sad day in the entertainment world
Remembering FARRAH FAWCETT (the Six Million Dollar Man's wife then) in the 70s in the PHILIPPINES
Posters of Farrah Fawcett with her iconic hair style were tremendously popular here in the Philippines, I got mine at Harrison Plaza. Charlie's Angels TV Show won't be as popular if it weren't for Farrah Fawcett. Charlie's Angels was a tremendous hit here in the Philippines alongside with Starsky and Hutch, Donnie and Marie and the Muppet Show which were all shown on the 'Where You Belong' Network GMA-7 (a pre-Kapuso days).
I also remember another iconic 70s film 'Saturday Night Fever' where Tony Manero, John Travolta's character in the film, had a Farrah Fawcett poster in his room.
This is the iconic poster from the 70s I fondly remember while growing up during my testesterone years
I also had a Farrah Fawcett photo torn out from the pages of Playboy magazine circled in red on the photo above (left to right - my mother Daisy, brother Demy, brother Darwin and me!)
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Farrah Fawcett has died after a long battle with cancer, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
Farrah died at 9:28 AM on Thursday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.
She was 62.
"After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away," Farrah's longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, said in a statement to Access. "Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."
The actress, best known for her role in the '70s TV show "Charlie's Angels" and her iconic hair, was in the hospital earlier this month and a source close to Farrah told Access Hollywood at the time that she was not doing well.
While her condition was deteriorating, those closest to Farrah wanted to take her home for her final days.
Her death comes just days after O'Neal revealed he had asked Farrah to be his wife.
"If she's feeling a little better, I've asked her to marry me again and she's agreed," Ryan said in a new interview with Barbara Walters for ABC's "20/20," set to air June 26.
"We will as soon as she can say, 'Yes.' Maybe she can nod her head. I promise you, we will."
However, a source has confirmed to Access that Ryan and Farrah did not get married prior to her death.
In addition, Access has learned Ryan and Farrah's son, Redmond O'Neal, did not get to see his mother a second time on a court-allowed visit from jail. The last time Redmond saw Farrah was during his first and only court-allowed visit on April 25.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department told Access no requests had been made to transport Redmond to see his mother before she died.
Following her diagnosis with anal cancer in 2006, Farrah waged a very public battle against the disease, documenting her fight in "Farrah's Story," which aired in May on NBC and will re-air on June 26 at 8 PM.
After several rounds of chemotherapy treatments, Farrah announced that she was cancer-free, but in May 2007, the cancer had returned and she underwent further treatment in Germany.
The star was born on February 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Even at a young age, Farrah caught people's attention - she was given the title "Most Beautiful" in high school.
She became an icon for her role as Jill Munroe in "Charlie's Angels" in the mid-'70s, inspiring fans to imitate her feathered blonde hair. She rose to sex symbol status thanks in part to a now-legendary swimsuit poster that sold over 12 million copies.
Farrah left the popular show after a single season, going on to star in a number of films, television shows and made-for-TV movies such as 1984's "The Burning Bed," which earned her an Emmy nomination.
The actress made further headlines in 1995, when she posed for Playboy at age 48.
Farrah is survived by her father James, longtime partner Ryan O'Neal, their son, Redmond O'Neal, who has dealt with numerous legal issues over the last few years, including most recently, an arrest for allegedly trying to bring heroin into an LA-area jail facility on April 5.
Friday, June 5, 2009
DAVID CARRADINE (1936-2009) Goodbye 'Grasshopper'
This is the image that I will always remember David Carradine, the serene priest in 'Kung Fu' also known as 'grasshopper' by the Shaolin priest in the TV series.
Carradine was found dead Thursday (June 4, 2009) in Thailand. The 72-year-old actor appeared to have hanged himself in a suite at the luxury Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel, said Lt. Teerapop Luanseng, the officer responsible for investigating the death.
"I can confirm that we found his body, naked, hanging in the closet," Teerapop said. He said police were investigating and suspected suicide, though one of his managers questioned that theory.
"All we can say is, we know David would never have committed suicide," said Tiffany Smith, of Binder & Associates, his management company. "We're just waiting for them to finish the investigation and find out what really happened. He really appreciated everything life has to give ... and that's not something David would ever do to himself."
Carradine had flown to Thailand last week and began work on "Stretch" two days before his death, Smith said. He had several other projects lined up after the action film, which was being directed by Charles De Meaux with Carradine in the lead.
David Carradine can be seen in the Jonas Brothers' music video 'Burnin' Up' which was released last year.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
FAMAS-Award Winning Actress PARALUMAN Dies at 85
Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese (December 14, 1923 - April 27, 2009), better known as Paraluman, was a FAMAS-award winning Filipino actress active from the 1940s to the 1970s. She was a contemporary of the likes of Fernando Poe, Sr. and Marlene Daudén and was a major contract star of Sampaguita Pictures.
Here's a video from 24 Oras aired April 28, 2009 (video uploaded by c4rax)
Paraluman was born in Tayabas, Quezon, of a German father and a Filipina. At her prime, she was considered as the Philippine's answer to Swedish-American actress Greta Garbo because of her perfect bone structure, svelte figure, long brown hair, hypnotic eyes, an impenetrable gaze, and a face capable of registering everything.
The young Paraluman was a movie fan. She loved reading magazines about her favorite celebrities. Her interest in showbiz increased when she learned that their next-door neighbor was the big movie star, Corazón Noble. She would often climb over the fence to catch glimpse of the actress.
Her curiosity yielded positive results because Noble’s younger sister, Lily, noticed her and soon, Paraluman became friends with Lily.
Because of her extraordinary beauty, Paraluman was recommended by Norma, another sister of Corazón, to Luis Nolasco of Filippine Films. She was only 17 at that time. Her first movie was Flores de Mayo (1940). She first used the the screen name Mina de Gracia. It was later changed to Paraluman by Fernando Poe Sr., who signed her as a full-fledged star in X’otic Films’ Paraluman (1941). This was followed by the actresses' roles in the films Bayani ng Bayan and Puting Dambana.
After World War II, she came back to cinema as a contract star of Sampaguita Pictures. She then became a famous leading lady in romantic movies, but when she made a comeback, her image was repackaged by Sampaguita Pictures owner Dr. José “Doc” Pérez. She was given character roles, playing nemesis to Gloria Romero in Hongkong Holiday, then a lame woman in Tanikalang Apoy(1959). This, however, turned to her favor because it honed her acting skills more, earning her a FAMAS Best Actress Award for the movie Sino ang maysala?.
Paraluman was also nominated four times in FAMAS: twice in 1959 for Best Actress for the movies Bobby and Anino ni Bathala, in 1972 as Best Supporting Actress for Lilet, and in 1976 as Best Supporting Actress for Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko.
Her last movie was "Kailan Sasabihing Mahal Kita" in 1985.
Her daughter, Baby O'Brien, was a TV-commercial-model-turned-actress. Her granddaughter, Rina Reyes (O'Brien's daughter) is also an actress.
Paraluman's legendary status in Philippine showbusiness even merited her an inclusion in the lyrics of Ang Huling El Bimbo, one of the most popular songs of Filipino rock band Eraserheads.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Goodbye FRANCIS M. ( October 4, 1964 - March 6, 2009 )
Here's a video from Eat Bulaga with Francis M.'s co-hosts announcing his demise.
Goodbye Francis M.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Jukebox Queen DIDITH REYES Cremated in Taguig - Video Dec. 16, 1008
Snashots from the video
Didith Reyes' friend Claire Dela Fuente
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Jukebox Queen of the 70s & 80s DIDITH REYES DEAD at 60
Here's a video from Unang Hirit which I recorded yesterday morning, it's only now that I found time to post this in my blog because I was busy recording news video of Manny Pacquiao's arrival in the Philippines yesterday
Monday, December 8, 2008
Actor MARKY CIELO : 1988 - 2008
I had followed Starstruck Batch 3 series in 2006 and I am impressed with a young actor named Marky Cielo by way of his intensified performance as a rebel teen in one of the screen tests of the reality talent search 'Starstruck'. This kid was very promising and I was hoping for Marky Cielo to star in a Lino Brocka-type of film that would showcase his talents. Sad to say he died in his sleep yesterday, a Sunday Dec. 7, 2008. The cause of death is still under investigation, some say he died of a sleeping condition known as 'bangungot'
Here's a video in 3 parts from 24 Oras which aired today Dec. 8, 2008
Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3
Rest in peace Marky
Friday, November 7, 2008
NIDA BLANCA's 7th Death Anniversary - Daughter Kay Torres Disappointed on her Mom's Mothballed Murder Case - Video November 6, 2008
Snapshots from the video
Monday, September 29, 2008
Remembering PAUL NEWMAN - in Pics & Video
Today's headline newspaper cover of the Philippine Inquirer, September 29, 2008
Here's a video courtesy of BBC World News
Some snapshots from the video
I will always remember Paul Newman in this classic film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' specially with the Katherine Ross scene along with Burt Bacharach's melodic theme song 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head'. I remember watching the 1969 film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' on TV in RPN 9 here in the Philippines and that was in 1972. I got the VCD format and a DVD format of the film.
I also remember this classic 1973 film 'The Sting' with Robert Redford and Marvin Hamlisch musical score in the film. I also remember the Oscar Awards of 1974 , The Sting garnered a number of nominations and awards. Too bad Paul Newman and Robert Redford were only together for two films, a third film could have been another classic. Life is so short.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
PAUL NEWMAN Dies at age 83
WESTPORT, Conn. - Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money" — and as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83.
Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.
In May, Newman had dropped plans to direct a fall production of "Of Mice and Men," citing unspecified health issues.
He got his start in theater and on television during the 1950s, and went on to become one of the world's most enduring and popular film stars, a legend held in awe by his peers. He was nominated for Oscars 10 times, winning one regular award and two honorary ones, and had major roles in more than 50 motion pictures, including "Exodus," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Verdict," "The Sting" and "Absence of Malice."
Newman worked with some of the greatest directors of the past half century, from Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese and the Coen brothers. His co-stars included Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and, most famously, Robert Redford, his sidekick in "Butch Cassidy" and "The Sting."
He sometimes teamed with his wife and fellow Oscar winner, Joanne Woodward, with whom he had one of Hollywood's rare long-term marriages. "I have steak at home, why go out for hamburger?" Newman told Playboy magazine when asked if he was tempted to stray. They wed in 1958, around the same time they both appeared in "The Long Hot Summer," and Newman directed her in several films, including "Rachel, Rachel" and "The Glass Menagerie."
With his strong, classically handsome face and piercing blue eyes, Newman was a heartthrob just as likely to play against his looks, becoming a favorite with critics for his convincing portrayals of rebels, tough guys and losers. "I was always a character actor," he once said. "I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood."
Newman had a soft spot for underdogs in real life, giving tens of millions to charities through his food company and setting up camps for severely ill children. Passionately opposed to the Vietnam War, and in favor of civil rights, he was so famously liberal that he ended up on President Nixon's "enemies list," one of the actor's proudest achievements, he liked to say.
A screen legend by his mid-40s, he waited a long time for his first competitive Oscar, winning in 1987 for "The Color of Money," a reprise of the role of pool shark "Fast" Eddie Felson, whom Newman portrayed in the 1961 film "The Hustler."
Newman delivered a magnetic performance in "The Hustler," playing a smooth-talking, whiskey-chugging pool shark who takes on Minnesota Fats — played by Jackie Gleason — and becomes entangled with a gambler played by George C. Scott. In the sequel — directed by Scorsese — "Fast Eddie" is no longer the high-stakes hustler he once was, but rather an aging liquor salesman who takes a young pool player (Cruise) under his wing before making a comeback.
He won an honorary Oscar in 1986 "in recognition of his many and memorable compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft." In 1994, he won a third Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, for his charitable work.
His most recent academy nod was a supporting actor nomination for the 2002 film "Road to Perdition." One of Newman's nominations was as a producer; the other nine were in acting categories. (Jack Nicholson holds the record among actors for Oscar nominations, with 12; actress Meryl Streep has had 14.)
As he passed his 80th birthday, he remained in demand, winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the 2005 HBO drama "Empire Falls" and providing the voice of a crusty 1951 car in the 2006 Disney-Pixar hit, "Cars."
But in May 2007, he told ABC's "Good Morning America" he had given up acting, though he intended to remain active in charity projects. "I'm not able to work anymore as an actor at the level I would want to," he said. "You start to lose your memory, your confidence, your invention. So that's pretty much a closed book for me."
He received his first Oscar nomination for playing a bitter, alcoholic former star athlete in the 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Elizabeth Taylor played his unhappy wife and Burl Ives his wealthy, domineering father in Tennessee Williams' harrowing drama, which was given an upbeat ending for the screen.
In "Cool Hand Luke," he was nominated for his gritty role as a rebellious inmate in a brutal Southern prison. The movie was one of the biggest hits of 1967 and included a tagline, delivered one time by Newman and one time by prison warden Strother Martin, that helped define the generation gap, "What we've got here is (a) failure to communicate."
Newman's hair was graying, but he was as gourgeous as ever and on the verge of his greatest popular success. In 1969, Newman teamed with Redford for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," a comic Western about two outlaws running out of time. Newman paired with Redford again in 1973 in "The Sting," a comedy about two Depression-era con men. Both were multiple Oscar winners and huge hits, irreverent, unforgettable pairings of two of the best-looking actors of their time.Newman also turned to producing and directing. In 1968, he directed "Rachel, Rachel," a film about a lonely spinster's rebirth. The movie received four Oscar nominations, including Newman, for producer of a best motion picture, and Woodward, for best actress. The film earned Newman the best director award from the New York Film Critics.
In the 1970s, Newman, admittedly bored with acting, became fascinated with auto racing, a sport he studied when he starred in the 1972 film, "Winning." After turning professional in 1977, Newman and his driving team made strong showings in several major races, including fifth place in Daytona in 1977 and second place in the Le Mans in 1979.
"Racing is the best way I know to get away from all the rubbish of Hollywood," he told People magazine in 1979.
Despite his love of race cars, Newman continued to make movies and continued to pile up Oscar nominations, his looks remarkably intact, his acting becoming more subtle, nothing like the mannered method performances of his early years, when he was sometimes dismissed as a Brando imitator. "It takes a long time for an actor to develop the assurance that the trim, silver-haired Paul Newman has acquired," Pauline Kael wrote of him in the early 1980s.
In 1982, he got his Oscar fifth nomination for his portrayal of an honest businessman persecuted by an irresponsible reporter in "Absence of Malice." The following year, he got his sixth for playing a down-and-out alcoholic attorney in "The Verdict."
In 1995, he was nominated for his slyest, most understated work yet, the town curmudgeon and deadbeat in "Nobody's Fool." New York Times critic Caryn James found his acting "without cheap sentiment and self-pity," and observed, "It says everything about Mr. Newman's performance, the single best of this year and among the finest he has ever given, that you never stop to wonder how a guy as good-looking as Paul Newman ended up this way."
Newman, who shunned Hollywood life, was reluctant to give interviews and usually refused to sign autographs because he found the majesty of the act offensive, according to one friend.
He also claimed that he never read reviews of his movies.
"If they're good you get a fat head and if they're bad you're depressed for three weeks," he said.
Off the screen, Newman had a taste for beer and was known for his practical jokes. He once had a Porsche installed in Redford's hallway — crushed and covered with ribbons.
"I think that my sense of humor is the only thing that keeps me sane," he told Newsweek magazine in a 1994 interview.
In 1982, Newman and his Westport neighbor, writer A.E. Hotchner, started a company to market Newman's original oil-and-vinegar dressing. Newman's Own, which began as a joke, grew into a multimillion-dollar business selling popcorn, salad dressing, spaghetti sauce and other foods. All of the company's profits are donated to charities. By 2007, the company had donated more than $175 million, according to its Web site.
"We will miss our friend Paul Newman, but are lucky ourselves to have known such a remarkable person," Robert Forrester, vice chairman of Newman's Own Foundation, said in a statement.
Hotchner said Newman should have "everybody's admiration."
"For me it's the loss of an adventurous freindship over the past 50 years and it's the loss of a great American citizen," Hotchner told The Associated Press.
In 1988, Newman founded a camp in northeastern Connecticut for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. He went on to establish similar camps in several other states and in Europe.
He and Woodward bought an 18th century farmhouse in Westport, where they raised their three daughters, Elinor "Nell," Melissa and Clea.
Newman had two daughters, Susan and Stephanie, and a son, Scott, from a previous marriage to Jacqueline Witte.
Scott died in 1978 of an accidental overdose of alcohol and Valium. After his only son's death, Newman established the Scott Newman Foundation to finance the production of anti-drug films for children.
Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the second of two boys of Arthur S. Newman, a partner in a sporting goods store, and Theresa Fetzer Newman.
He was raised in the affluent suburb of Shaker Heights, where he was encouraged him to pursue his interest in the arts by his mother and his uncle Joseph Newman, a well-known Ohio poet and journalist.
Following World War II service in the Navy, he enrolled at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he got a degree in English and was active in student productions.
He later studied at Yale University's School of Drama, then headed to New York to work in theater and television, his classmates at the famed Actor's Studio including Brando, James Dean and Karl Malden. His breakthrough was enabled by tragedy: Dean, scheduled to star as the disfigured boxer in a television adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Battler," died in a car crash in 1955. His role was taken by Newman, then a little-known performer. Newman started in movies the year before, in "The Silver Chalice," a costume film he so despised that he took out an ad in Variety to apologize. By 1958, he had won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for the shiftless Ben Quick in "The Long Hot Summer."
In December 1994, about a month before his 70th birthday, he told Newsweek magazine he had changed little with age.
"I'm not mellower, I'm not less angry, I'm not less self-critical, I'm not less tenacious," he said. "Maybe the best part is that your liver can't handle those beers at noon anymore," he said.
Newman is survived by his wife, five children, two grandsons and his older brother Arthur.
source : Yahoo.com
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Pinay Comedian ZORAYDA SANCHEZ Succumbs to Breast Cancer - Video & Pics from 24 Oras August 28, 2008
Some snapshots from the video
Monday, August 11, 2008
ISAAC HAYES : 70s Icon 'Shaft' Singer & Composer Dies at 65
(August 20, 1942 -- August 10, 2008)
After Bernie Mac died at age 50 another famous icon died today
Isaac Hayes dies at Tennessee home -- official
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 06:12:00 08/11/2008
WASHINGTON -- American funk-soul legend and Academy Award-award winning musician Isaac Hayes was found dead Sunday at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, officials said. He was 65.
The talented singer, songwriter and composer, who won the Oscar in 1972 for best original song for the theme from "Shaft," was found unresponsive at his house by family members, Shelby county spokesman Steve Shular told CNN.
"Shelby county sheriff's deputies received a 911 call about 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) central time from family members. They had gone out at about noon today to a grocery store and came back and unfortunately found him unresponsive in the bedroom," he said.
Hayes was given CPR by paramedics but could not be revived.
"Family members believe at this point it is a medical condition that might have led to his death," said Shular, adding that Hayes was being treated for "a number of medical issues." He declined to elaborate further.
Hayes suffered a stroke in 2006.
DCRJ say on this: I remember the first time I saw Isaac Hayes on TV, he was singing and playing the theme song of 'Shaft' via his electric piano in the 1972 Oscar Awards on TV. SHAFT released in 1971 which starred the bad-ass Richard Roundtree as John Shaft (the man that would risk his neck for his brother man, a complicated man but no one understands him but his woman). The film was remade in 2000 which starred by an even badder-ass Samuel L. Jackson with Richard Roundtree in a supporting role and Isaac Hayes in a cameo. Isaac Hayes composed the theme song of 'Shaft' in the early 70s which is one of the presage of the upcoming disco era which will soon to be established by other musical icons of the 70s. Without Isaac Hayes' music in 'Shaft' there won't be any 70s films that would echo the Isaac Hayes sound like 'Saturday Night Fever', 'Carwash', 'Thank God It's Friday'.
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