Bernie Mac dies at 50.

Kai Spammer Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1221

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-bernie-mac-dead,0,995933.story

Comedian and Chicago native Bernie Mac died early Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist confirmed.

Mac, 50, had been hospitalized for about a week at Northwestern Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs.

The comic born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough could cut an imposing figure. He stood 6-foot-3, was built like a fullback and carried himself with a bouncer's reticence. But perhaps the strongest weapon in the Chicago comedian's arsenal was that voice, that amalgam of thought and a delivery that could rise like a tidal wave, outpace a Gatling gun and remained, to his last days, loud and unapologetic.

He wasn't scared, he told us time and again, to tell anyone what he thought, to say what others were afraid to say. That fearlessness wasn't always welcome, considering Mac didn't get his big break until his 30s. But when he did, the comic skyrocketed to success in stand-up, television and the big screen.

Crying or Very sad

Kai Lover Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 799

This guy, was one of the best,

Crying or Very sad

Nintendo Specialist Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1889

[DC][)ragonfire wrote:

When i read this i was like WTF?! Sad

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Video Master Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 1815

Isaac Hayes died too Crying or Very sad

RIP.

Kai Regular Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 114

Sad. He was great on his show and in bad santa. Gonna miss him.

Kai Beginner Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 16

R.i.p...