Isaac Hayes has died at 65

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MAY HE R.I.P

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I will really miss him as Chef.

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cnn.com

RIP

RIP to Hayes and Mac!!!!!!! :( :( :( (F) (F) (F) (F)

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Hayes was born in Covington, Tennessee, the second-born child of Isaac Sr. and Eula Hayes,^[3] but after their deaths was raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade, Sr. The child of a poor family, he grew up picking cotton in Covington. He dropped out of high school, only to be encouraged later by his former high school teachers at Manassas High to get his diploma, which he earned at the age of 21. He began singing at the age of five at his local church, and, soon after, he taught himself to play the piano, electronic organ, flute and saxophone.