Showing posts with label Issac Hayes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Issac Hayes. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

RIP LeRoi Moore, and Happy B-day Issac Hayes

The saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, LeRoi Moore (46), died last night from complications from a June accident. He had started rehab in his home for broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Our prayers are with his family.


And Happy Birthday to Issac Hayes. The star would have been 66 today.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Details on Issac Hayes funeral revealed...


Issac Hayes’ funeral was held in Memphis over the weekend and Access Hollywood has new details about the service:
Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Kelly Preston, Wesley Snipes, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Maurice White (of Earth, Wind and Fire), "Shaft" star Richard Roundtree, along with Hayes' family (his wife, children and grandchildren) and the Mayors of both Memphis and Shelby County and members of his band were among the 500 invited guests to the late star's funeral.

The service was presided over by someone from The Church of Scientology, of which Hayes was a long-time member. The ceremony took place at an undisclosed cemetery in Memphis, where Hayes body is interred.

The source told Access the ceremony was a "celebration" rather than a wake and all the people in attendance had known Hayes or had worked with him or had been touched by his works.
Members of the royal family from the African Republic of Ghana came from Africa for the service, the source said. Hayes had been made an honorary member of the Ghanian royal family because of his work there with orphaned children.


RIP Issac Hayes