Comic Actor Bernie Mac dies at age 50

[andvruss]

(CNN) -- Comic actor Bernie Mac died early Saturday of complications from pneumonia, according to a family member and his publicist. He was 50.

Bernie Mac, 50, had been hospitalized in his hometown, Chicago, with pneumonia.

He had been hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois, for more than a week with the lung infection.

Danica Smith, the comedian's publicist, had said Thursday that Mac's condition was "stable," The Associated Press reported.

"When I got the call this morning, it was just devastating news," said Chicago Sun-Times columnist Stella Foster. "Let's face it: Bernie Mac was one of a kind. He was the best of the best in terms of giving you a good laugh."

Smith previously said the pneumonia wasn't related to sarcoidosis, a lung disease Mac had, which had been in remission since 2005, according to AP.

Mac caused a stir in July with some jokes he made during a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, AP reported.

Mac -- born Bernard Jeffrey McCollough -- starred in the Fox television series "The Bernie Mac Show." His film roles included the "Ocean's Eleven" series, "Friday," "Get on the Bus," "Transformers" and "Bad Santa."

RIP, 50 is younger than my parents .

 

[holiday_hawk]

I used to watch him, he was a good actor he'll be missed.

 

[Cutlass]

that's too bad R.I.P.

 

[Communisto]

aw haaaaellll naw

 

[SharpMango]

did he smoke?

 

[Synobun]

Wow, that sucks... He was a good actor.

 

[Caeili.Draziw]

Loved him in Bad Santa.

 

[Abaddon]

Sad

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Lots of great comedians have been going down latley.

 

[Trajan12]

Did NOT see that one coming...

At least Morgan Freeman is gonna pull through...

 

[Fifty]

That sucks! Bernie Mac was hilarious.

 

[bigdog5994]

WHAT!!!!!! holy crap

wow im really sad now RIP Mr. Bernie Mac

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Dammit. I really liked him, and every movie he was in. Funny guy. I will miss him.

 

[DNK]

Who dies from pneumonia in 2008? Crazy. Sad.

 

[Metal Alloy Man]

Lots of great comedians have been going down latley.

Ya, whats with this. Too Bad, I never really watched him but what I did see of him was quite funny.

 

[JohnRM]

DAMMIT! What is going on? Is it open season on actors and comedians or something?

 

[Shekwan]

Double Post

 

[Shekwan]

Great comedian, I didn't see much of his stand up but his movie carachter were hilarious like his role in Transformers. Gonna go look me up some of his stand up RIP

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

My heart sank when I came home from work today to read this. R.I.P Bernie.

 

[general_kill]

Saw it on a friend's facebook profile and then checked it out on cnn. It's really sad, I used to watch the Bernie Mac show till the boy in that show hit puberty and that little girl grew up and stopped being cute.