Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.

Singer Issac Hayes seen performing in the U.K. last year. Hayes was found dead Sunday at age 65.

Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department.

Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff's department said.

No foul play is suspected, the agency said in a written statement.

awwwww rest in peace Chef

RIP man the Chef character was great

Meh...Isaac Hayes was a fruit, though....not to disrespect the guy, but he was all into that Scientology noise.....maybe he's with the aliens now?

no shit man...i think those folks drained his bank account and then killed his ass...

I could see doing that had he chosen South Park over them, but...after proving his allegiance?

Even I can't see that one

He was a hypocrite. It was OK for him to make fun out of almost everything whilst in South Park, but when it came to making fun out of his fucked up Scientology crap, he couldn't handle it.

But still, it's too bad he died.

and here to me is where this gets weird....

"The Hayes family is comfortable with Dr. Kraus' recommendation to not conduct an autopsy," read a statement from the Shelby County sheriff. According to The Associated Press, no autopsy was performed. A public memorial service will be held August 18 at the Hope Presbyterian Church in Cordova, Tennessee.

hummm no autopsy for a body fond dead in his house....sniff, sniff...im starting to smell something fishy here....umm hummmm....

Dave, you got some serious conspiracy issue problems, lol. It's in their (Scientologists) belief structure to not have autopsies. And this isn't really unique...the Amish and certain Jewish sects aren't down with autopsies either. So, no worries....no fishies.....

no problems...most things just are a conspierecy...hahaaaa its not my fault..

Conspiracy or paranoia????? YOU MAKE THE CHOICE!!!

huh...what? who is paranoid? "looking around" ...looks out window.....under the desk........umm nope...no paranoid going on over here...lol

*hands Dave some Lithium*

If they did an autopsy on him, I wonder if they would find any chocolate salty balls in his stomach contents.