totse.com | Bernie Mac Dead

Rev Ziggy · #1 2008-08-09, 14:44

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...0,995933.story

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Comedian and Chicago native Bernie Mac died early Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist confirmed.

Mac, 50, had been hospitalized for about a week at Northwestern Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs.

The comic born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough could cut an imposing figure. He stood 6-foot-3, was built like a fullback and carried himself with a bouncer's reticence. But perhaps the strongest weapon in the Chicago comedian's arsenal was that voice, that amalgam of thought and a delivery that could rise like a tidal wave, outpace a Gatling gun and remained, to his last days, loud and unapologetic.

He wasn't scared, he told us time and again, to tell anyone what he thought, to say what others were afraid to say. That fearlessness wasn't always welcome, considering Mac didn't get his big break until his 30s. But when he did, the comic skyrocketed to success in stand-up, television and the big screen.

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Death Insurance · #2 2008-08-09, 15:11

Finally. I never found him the least bit funny.
If only Cedric would kick the bucket...

DerDrache · #3 2008-08-09, 16:05

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Originally Posted by Death Insurance View Post

Finally. I never found him the least bit funny.
If only Cedric would kick the bucket...

People should die because they aren't funny? I guess you should be up soon too.

Anyways, that sucks. It seems like every few months another celebrity is dying. I was worried Morgan Freeman would die after his car crash, but I guess he got lucky there.

SomeLowLife · #4 2008-08-09, 16:40

I was never that much of a fan but I will still drop the

RIP

http://media.movieweb.com/news/03.2007/bernie_mac.jpg

skimask_check · #5 2008-08-09, 16:52

ill pour out a 40 for him tonight.

Rest in peace homie

McFly · #6 2008-08-09, 18:27

He was not my cup of tea but its sad to loose someone.

scarygary88420 · #7 2008-08-09, 20:02

I'm with SomeLowLife here. I never really followed the guy, but may he RIP.

only black man in vermont · #8 2008-08-09, 20:56

Damn, I didn't even know he was sick. RIP.

ITT: post classic Bernie Mac clips

Officer Self-Hatred in Don't Be A Menace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip_gVSl46xI

House Party 3 dinner scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQV3BLWLTvA

DerDrache · #9 2008-08-09, 21:40

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Originally Posted by only black man in vermont View Post

Damn, I didn't even know he was sick. RIP.

ITT: post classic Bernie Mac clips

Officer Self-Hatred in Don't Be A Menace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip_gVSl46xI

House Party 3 dinner scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQV3BLWLTvA

Lawl. "But most of all, I hate that black ass Wesley Snipes."

Parabolizm · #10 2008-08-09, 22:47

Man that sucks... He truly did have some funny moments.
I'm going to have to drop the RIP as well.