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Bernie Mac Dead at 50

Wow. 

Bernie Mac, the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian who worked his way to Hollywood success from an impoverished upbringing on Chicago’s South Side, died Saturday at age 50.

Bernie Mac, 50, was nominated for a Grammy for “The Original Kings of Comedy.”

“Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital,” his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles, California.

She said no other details were available and asked that his family’s privacy be respected.

The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently was hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, which his publicist said was not related to the disease.

I wasn’t a fan of Mac’s style of comedy, but he was certainly one of the most talented comedians in America. 

I did find it rather unseemly that the reporter decided to include this in the story:

Recently, Mac’s brand of comedy caught him flack when he was heckled during a surprise appearance at a July fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate and fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama.

Toward the end of a 10-minute standup routine, Mac joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity, and used occasional crude language. The performance earned him a rebuke from Obama’s campaign.

Does everything that happens in the world today have to have some connection to Obama?  The man just died, for cripe’s sake.

Posted by Owen at 1009 hrs
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