And the hits keep comin'... what a year. The latest to go: Isaac Hayes, the singer-songwriter best known for one of the most recognizable movie theme in history (the "Theme from Shaft," for which he received the 1971 Academy Award for Best Song, and which you can hear below) and for providing the voice of Chef on television's South Park (clip also below) was found today by relatives beside his still-running treadmill, dead at the age of 65.

Update (8/10, 11:10pm): Shouldn't MSNBC.com have chosen a different photo to accompany the death notice of someone who was found on the ground beside a treadmill? (I'm only half-serious.)