Just days after being hospitalized for pneumonia, actor and comedian Bernie Mac passed away at the age of 50 at Northwestern Hospital early Saturday morning. The news comes just one day after reports that Mac was recovering and would be released from the hospital in a few weeks. Career highlights for the Chicago native include his FOX sitcom 'The Bernie Mac Show' and his co-starring role in the popular 'Ocean's' series opposite George Clooney and Brad Pitt. He had recently completed the movie Old Dogs and has two movies opening in November, DreamWorks' animated sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Malcolm Lee's Soul Men. Mac leaves behind Rhonda, his wife of 30 years, their daughter Je'Niece and a granddaughter Jasmine.
Mac 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
R.I.P Bernie.
1 comments:
Aiyo... so sad... and so sudden. :(
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