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St. Louis’ Bernie Hayes witnessed history in the making when a young Isaac Hayes and members of The BarKays were entrusted with creating the theme song and soundtrack for a Gordon Parks’ film named Shaft.
The film and the song will never be forgotten. Nor will Isaac Hayes, who died Sunday (August 10, 2008) at 65 of an apparent stroke.
Bernie Hayes and the soulful Isaac shared a surname and also a zeal for pure soul music.
“I was in the studio often when he and The BarKays were working on Shaft,” said Hayes, who would return to St. Louis and become one of its most popular DJs and producers.
“Luther Ingram and I were there with him often during the composition.”
He said Isaac Hayes “was much more than a musical talent.”
“He was also a man who very quietly and discreetly was involved in politics and civic affairs,” Bernie Hayes said.
“He was an advocate for women and minority rights. His political convictions and ideals were as much a part of Isaac as his music, although he was not a grandstander.”
Born in 1942 in the South, Hayes was no stranger to segregation and racism. But unlike many black entertainers, he did not shun his blackness. He wore it with pride, just as he triumphantly wore chains during the height of his prominence.
Aretha Franklin said Hayes was “so mus
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Bernie Mac, the irascible but lovable actor and comedian who starred in “The Bernie Mac Show” and the “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise, died Saturday at the age of 50.
The comedian’s publicist, Dana Smith, said that Mac died from complications related to pneumonia at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
“Initially when he was hospitalized we expected him to come back home, but as the weeks went on, I kind of knew,” said Je’niece Childress, the 30-year-old daughter and only child of the comedian.
The comedian suffered from sarciodosis (contracted in 1983), a chronic immune disorder that causes inflammation in tissue, most often the lungs, although Mac said the condition went into remission in 2005.
Ironically, Mac had recently finished working on the film “Soul Men” with musician Isaac Hayes, who died Sunday. The film, which was shot in Memphis, Tenn. this past April, centers around two aging back up singers who travel together for a tribute performance in honor of their recently deceased band leader. The film is set to be in theaters in November.
Mac’s ribald sense of comedy got the comedian into trouble during one of his last appearances at a July fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Mac lifted eyebrows during the fundraiser by cracking jokes a
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