Comedian Bernie Mac Dies

Posted on August 10, 2008 2:26am · Filed under: R.I.P

Bernie Mac, the actor/comedian who made us all laugh from time-to-time and stunned us with his great acting skills, passed away today morning at a Chicago-are hospital, at the age of 50. The cause of death was pneumonia.

Mac had starring roles in the films Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Oceans Eleven, Bad Santa and Transformers. He was also the star of his own TV show The Bernie Mac Show, which ran from 2001-2006.

According to OK! Magazine actress, Niecy Nash, who played Mac’s sister on The Bernie Mac Show, paid tribute to the actor, saying :

“Bernie Mac was so gracious. His passing is such a major loss to the acting and comedy communities. Everything that I learned and observed from Bernie Mac, I’m going to apply it. His great legacy of graciousness and giving will live on. That’s how I’m going to keep his memory alive; by expressing the best part of him through me. Bernie Mac was the personification of the word ‘real.’ He kept it real. That kind of genuine spirit that he carried all the time cannot be easily duplicated, but I will do my very best to try.”

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