Isaac Hayes

1970s: A portrait of Isaac Hayes in New York Photograph: Norman Seeff/60 Cycle Media/AP

1971: Isaac Hayes at Stax Records, Memphis, Tennessee. Not many people could pull off this hat ... Photograph: Charles Nicholas/EPA

... or this psychedelic costume from 1970 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

April 1972: Isaac Hayes holds his Oscar for best song - Theme from Shaft Photograph: AP

1974: Isaac Hayes in the film Truck Turner Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Here's Hayes from the 2005 movie Hustle & Flow Photograph: Alan Spearman/Crunk Pictures/Homegrown Pictures/New Deal Productions/The Kobal Collection

Isaac Hayes in the 1973 Wattstax documentary Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Isaac Hayes in The Bernie Mac Show. Bernie Mac also sadly died this week, on August 9 2008 Photograph: Wilmore Films/20th Century Fox/The Kobal Collection

The character of Chef from South Park was voiced by Hayes, although the singer quit after the show ran an episode mocking Scientology Photograph: Comedy Central/AP

August 2007: Isaac Hayes performs on the Open Air stage during the third day of the Big Chill festival at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in the Malvern Hills, England Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty

June 2008: Isaac Hayes performs during the 30th Celebrate Brooklyn Summer Season at the bandshell in Prospect Park, New York Photograph: Al Pereira/WireImage/Getty