Comedian/actor Bernie Mac (born Bernard Jeffrey McCollough) died early Saturday morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Mac was recovering from pneumonia and was expected to be released soon.
Just Friday, a spokesman for the Emmy-nominated actor said he had been responding well to treatment and confirmed his pneumonia wasn’t related to an inflammatory lung disease Mac has had since 1983.
The comedian drew critical and popular acclaim with his Fox television series “The Bernie Mac Show,” which aired more than 100 episodes from 2001 to 2006. The show garnered Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Mac.
His upcoming movies include November’s Soul Men with Samuel L. Jackson and Isaac Hayes and Old Dogs, scheduled for release next year.
No word yet on whether public services will be held. A statement from his publicist asked that his family’s privacy continue to be respected.
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RIP Bernie Mac
R.I.P BERNiE MAC
My condolences to Bernie’s family. RIP Bernie
RIP Bernie!!! Thanks for all laughs
I feel truly blessed that I got the opportunity to see him in person. He was truly hilarious and a joy to witness. The world just lost the FUNNIEST MAN IN AMERICA
Condolences go out to the family! WOW! Still can’t fathom the effect it will have on the comedy world as we know it. R.I.P Bernie Mac.
RIP BERNIE MAC!!! HEAVEN HAS GOTTEN A WHOLE LOT FUNNIER!!! MY PRAYERS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FANS…
man oh man I love and miss this guy. Bernie sleep on and take yor rest. I love you man!
Wow…another one gone…and he was actually doing big in the industry to. RIP Bernie Mac. Prayers to your friends and Loved ones.
R.I.P Bernie MAC!
He is my favorite. Just saw his personals ID on millionaires personals site “”"W e a l t h y L o v e s.co m”"”"”" yesterday. I am wondering what kind of relationship he is looking for on ~that site.
This is horrible he was the FUNNIEST out there and his career was really taking off and finally getting that commrecial exposure he deserves.
God bless him and his family!
Irreplaceable….
My condolences to his family + friends
‘I ain’t scared of you motherfuckers!’
R.I.P.. I really enjoyed his work, I pray he knew god and gave his life to him before he passed…I pray his wife and daughter are doing well, In Jesus name AMEN!
That’s very sad news. R.I.P bernie.
@JSCENE
Sis, save the bullsh*t. I don’t state my opinion to appeal to clowns, idiots, and the other mentally disabled trash that comprises the majority of the young generation in the black community. What I said about Bernie Mac I stand behind. A statement was released by his publicist in the newspaper last Tuesday or Wednesday in which she denied that Bernie Mac was near death. Then Saturday morning he drops dead. It’s obvious that the publicist was being evasive and attempting to hide the true nature of his disease. You typed five or six paragraphs in an effort to educate me and only showed how much of a jackass you are. Stay in your place please and stick to what you know. I say the things that other people are too scared or stupid to say, and you know this. It has nothing to do with being “crazy”, lol. If you wish to idolize and worship these “celebrities” then do so, but do not attempt to influence me into your cult.
In regards to the other black women that attacked what I said, it’s easy to see (once again) why the black woman has the highest rate of AIDS. Nowhere did I say that Bernie Mac had AIDS simply because he was a h*mosexual. The h*mosexuality is linked to his roles in Hollywood and anyone that researches the entertainment industry knows that success in that realm is based around selling your soul and engaging in sexual depravity. If anything, AIDS is more affiliated with black women.
@The Artist Herself
Thank you for real research and real erudition. The publicist and the mainstream media know that this man died of AIDS. This is why they repeatedly say that his pneumonia had “nothing to do with the sarcoidosis” without following through and saying what the pneumonia was affiliated with. It’s what’s called a subliminal message and an open-ended statement, left to the listener or reader to pick up on it. Some will and most won’t based on your leanings and intelligence level.
Wow so sad to hear Bernie Mac died…one of the funniest men in comedy.. HE will truly be missed prayers sympathy goes out to him & family RIP BERNIE !!!!!!
R.I.P. Burnie!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe this. He reminded me so much of Robin Harris (another commedian who died so young)!!!!!!!!!!
@321 & 376 – I’m riding with you both! My cousin died of complications due to pneumonia in 1986 back when AIDS was just hitting the scene. And my brother passed in 1996 from the same thing.
I could tell that when Bernie started picking up weight in the face and losing it, that was the tell-tell sign. It’s sad when the BLACK COMMUNITY wil not accept that AIDS kills everyone and doesn’t discrimiate based on social class, gender, race, religion, etc.
I respect the family and their wishes to keep the matter private but anytime you pass from pneumonia in 2008, that’s what that is! My condolences go out to the family. I know this has got to be a difficult time for them.
God Bless!
Sad and unexpected death. I’m happy to know I can still watch Bernic Mac show in the evenings and hear him say “Baby gul!”
Loved Bernie Mac, I was sad when I heard this saturday morning. I was watching the parade in Chicago saturday and felt bad for Steve Harvey but he pulled it off pretty good. Any way I Iike the funny stuff people are saying from Bernie’s stand up and movies. That makes me smile and sad at the same time.
My heart goes out to the McCullough family. I’m so sad about this. Concrete Loop, please keep us updated when a specials/tribute comes on TV.
R.I.P. Bernard
Ah man, I was truely sadden by this news. Even though I didn’t know him… I loved almost everything that he played in. He was a great actor/comedian and will really be missed by the entertainment world. R.I.P Bernie and my prayers goes out to his family & friends…..
Bernie Mac was a true comedic genius. I remember the first time I saw him was on Def Comedy Jam, he had me laughing so hard I was crying. He was truly on top of his game. He was my hands down favorite in the Kings of Comedy. He will be missed. God bless his family. RIP Mac Man.
RIP Bernie…Original King of Comedy
THANK YOU JUDAH, YOU ARE SO RIGHT, WORSHIPING CELEBS, WE ALL LOVED HIM, HE WAS BLACK AND DOWN TO EARTH AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF BUT THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS. BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO STOP RUNNING FROM THE FACT THAT AIDS IS KILLING US. LAURYN HILL SAID ” WE ARE LIVING IN A DREAM WORLD BUT FACING REAL CONSEQUENCES”
JSCENE YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ANYONE BY COPYING AND PASTING SOME SHIT FROM WIKIPEDIA. LOL
@ 379 HOTMOMMA YOU ARE ALSO RIGHT MY AUNT DIED OF “COMPLICATIONS FROM PNEUMONIA” AKA AIDS.
You will be missed
I can’t believe what I’m reading from certain comments up here. OMG! Does it matter what he died from? I mean a wife lost her husband, a daughter lost her father, and siblings lost a brother and so on. I can’t believe in this day and age that we are making a big deal of this. I didn’t know that when you have complications of pneumonia that automatically means you have HIV/AIDS. You can’t just have pneumonia???? I mean educate me. It just crazy that this is a time to express ones feelings and already assumptions are being made. I mean everyone is entitled to their opinions, but we have lost a good comedian and I don’t care what he did in the privacy of his home. I know he has made many laugh and gave us some memorable standup material. Let this man rest and his family mourn. Let’s not be so quick to judge….
one of my favorite comedians?? he WAS my favorite of all time. My whole family loves you, Bernie. From my heart i cried when i heard that he was gone. ya’ll want sum real comedy? Go buy his autobiographies. One is called “I Aint Scared of You” & “Maybe You Never Cry Again” and i couldn’t even put the books down, i would read it while i was cooking crying tears of laughter. one love bernie. xoxo
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@387,
I agree, it does not matter what he died from. What matters is the legacy he left behind, and the fact that he’s gone and has a family full of agonizing grief. Let’s pray for his family and hope they can find a way to cope with this great loss. Bernie was a grandfather, so his grand child will have many fond memories to remember Bernie.
@358 – Bob “sell-out” Johnson sold BET to Viacom, a predominately “white” owned media company. Hence, little or no tributes for Bernie were made on BET because this type of news was apparently not important enough to Viacom. Anyways, we can appreciate outlets like Concreteloop and media to give real coverage and tributes to Bernies life. BET’s website does mention Bernie, but if you dont have the internet you’d be lost with any other updates.
R.I.P. to Bernie Mac. He was one of my favorite actors. He will truly be missed. My heart goes out to his family.
Such a cuttie. His photos were seen at millionaire persoanals site “”"”"”W e a l t h y L o v e s.co m”"”"”"”"”last week. It is said he is already in relationship with a young beautiful woman on that site now. ————————–
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