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Shut Yo Mouth! Isaac Hayes to Be Honored with Airport

Coolest airport ever: A Tennessee representative has put forth the proposal to remember musician Isaac Hayes by naming Memphis-Shelby County International Airport after him.

Normally we scoff at celebrity-airport monikers -- fifty years from now some comedian will still be dining out on D.C.'s transit hub named for Ronald Reagan -- but it sounds like Steve Cohen, D-TN, was truly moved by Hayes' memorial in Cordova, near his birthplace of Covington. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton also came to the memorial service, while Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington paid a visit to Hayes' private burial over the weekend.

We'll gladly fly in to Isaac Hayes International if every airline will play the "Shaft" theme upon landing in Memphis.

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[Photo: E! Online]