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Rob_Merritt
08-09-2008, 06:18 AM
http://www.suntimes.com/index.html

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212163524.shtml

"While the cause of death has not been confirmed, Mac had been hospitalized recently for a bout with pneumonia, one he seems to have unfortunately lost. "

Sad.... if true... Since the rumors that he died have been circulating for a week, this might just be another extended joke.
Tyjenks
08-09-2008, 06:20 AM
Damn.
Kunikos
08-09-2008, 07:46 AM
Nope, this looks real. It was on TV this morning. :(

All the Google News links: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Gop&pwst=1&resnum=0&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&ncl=1232561153
hong
08-09-2008, 09:23 AM
I knew Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were dying, but this is the first I've heard of Bernie Mac.
Anaxagoras
08-09-2008, 09:55 AM
At 50? From Pneumonia????

Damn. I gotta start eating more veggies & going to the gym more.
Sarkus
08-09-2008, 09:58 AM
Some of the reports are mentioning a "lung related" issue that was preexisting as playing a role. So, there was probably more involved than just typical pneumonia.

Still very shocking, though.
Chuck
08-09-2008, 10:01 AM
R.I.P. Mr. Mack.

This post should be in the Movies section, though. They guy was in 25 movies, you know.
rei
08-09-2008, 10:06 AM
sarcoidosis.
Pogo
08-09-2008, 10:07 AM
"I believe when a kid turns one you got the right to hit him in the throat or the stomach. If you old enough to talk back you old enough to get fucked up."
Robert Sharp
08-09-2008, 10:14 AM
There was an episode of Bernie Mac where he taught a little boy to make a crazy face and say "I don't play!" to bullies. It was an awesome show, and my wife and I still say that to each other sometimes.
Pogo
08-09-2008, 10:20 AM
I never watched his TV show. I've never seen a comedian whose sitcom was better than their standup, with the exception of Martin Lawrence.
Gordon Cameron
08-09-2008, 10:23 AM
R.I.P. Mr. Mack.

This post should be in the Movies section, though. They guy was in 25 movies, you know.

But his biggest achievement is arguably the Bernie Mac Show, so it's just as appropriate to put the thread here.

This one came out of left field. I'm not a big Bernie Mac fan but it's always sad to see someone struck down in their prime.
Gordon Cameron
08-09-2008, 10:25 AM
I've never seen a comedian whose sitcom was better than their standup,

Not even Seinfeld? I confess I didn't see much of his standup, but it didn't seem particularly special, whereas the show achieved a kind of brilliance -- probably, now that I think of it, because of the non-Seinfeld cast members, particularly Jason Alexander.
Rob_Merritt
08-09-2008, 10:26 AM
R.I.P. Mr. Mack.

This post should be in the Movies section, though. They guy was in 25 movies, you know.


And he was in a bajillion TV shows, stand up, and voice work in video games.
Pogo
08-09-2008, 10:45 AM
Not even Seinfeld? I confess I didn't see much of his standup, but it didn't seem particularly special, whereas the show achieved a kind of brilliance -- probably, now that I think of it, because of the non-Seinfeld cast members, particularly Jason Alexander.

Yeah that's what I was going to say to anyone who brought up Seinfeld... the show's real backbone was the excellent characters that were around Seinfeld. The main character himself I didn't really find all that funny, he had a sort of stupid look on his face where he was smiling at his own jokes. It wasn't a Jimmy Fallon level of stupid but it got close sometimes. His standup is a much better organized and delivered facet of what you see on the show.