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Posted On: August 9th 2008
Posted By: Bryan Kremkau
Source: Yahoo |
This is sad news. Another great comedian/actor has left this world. Bernie Mac passed away from complications from pneumonia, but also suffered from sarcoidosis. Bernie Mac has starred in recent movies like Transformers, the Ocean movies and of course the Bernie Mac show.
Here's an excerpt of the story:
Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and his acclaimed sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show."
Though his comedy drew on tough experiences as a black man, he had mainstream appeal — befitting inspiration he found in a wide range of humorists: Harpo Marx as well as Moms Mabley; squeaky-clean Red Skelton, but also the raw Redd Foxx.
Mac died Saturday morning of complications from pneumonia in a Chicago-area hospital, his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles.
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