South Park's creators have paid tribute to Isaac Hayes - despite their relationship with the isaac Bashevis Singer ending acrimoniously.
The soul legend died on Sunday (August 10) after apparently suffering a stroke at his home in Memphis.
Hayes supplied the part for the cartoon's grapheme Chef (portrayed), from the show's 1998 inception until 2006, just the programme's creators fell out with him after an episode that featured his religion scientology.
As a outcome of Hayes' departure creators Trey Stone and Matt Parker killed his character off in brutal fashion.
The duette were critical of the singer for being prepared to cooperate in shows attacking early religions only not his own, although it was later suggested that having suffered a stroke scarcely before his departure he was "in no condition to give up anything", and suggested mortal had spoken on his behalf.
However despite the bad blood, the programme has posted a simply "In memoriam" protection featuring Chef on their official site Southparkstudios.com.
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