CHICAGO - Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50, his publicist said Saturday.
Publicist Danica Smith said Bernie Mac died early Saturday at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia.
The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but he had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently had been hospitalized and treated for pneumonia.
Mac had starring roles in “Ocean’s Eleven,
89mazdawg(daniel)
+1y
man, that sucks, he was a good guy
maztang (ryan)
+1y
man, the wife told me about this when i got home. sucks! he was funny as hell and seemed to be a good guy.
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markb
+1y
I'm gonna have to be honest. Dude annoyed the f*&k out of me.
crazymikey
+1y
Didn't see that coming. Just saw it on the news myself. 50. Damn that's young.