The entertainment world suffered a new loss today with the death of Bernie Mac due to complications from pneumonia at the age of 50. He was at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital for the last week trying for treatment. His most recent work is the yet to be released Soul Men due out in November.His career included the Bernie Mac Show for which he received two Emmy nominations, The Original Kings of Comedy, Ocean's series, Charlie's Angels and of course the hilarious car salesmen in Transformers.
"I always want to top myself. I want to get good," Mac told Time magazine in 2003. "You just don't know how much I want to get good. I want the audience to leave the theater and say, 'He did good.'"
Colleagues tributes can be read here and some YouTube videos here.
10/5/1957 - 8/9/2008
RIP Bernie. You will be missed.
ReplyDeleteUncle Bobby B. RIP
ReplyDeleteI always enjoyed watching him, I'm really bummed out now :(
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First Carlin and now the Mac...man that sucks. R.I.P.
ReplyDeleteyou made us all laugh bernie mac. you will be missed!
ReplyDeleteloved to watch him do his thing.
ReplyDeletea great acteur with great talend.
he wil be missed world wide.
my condolence to the family and friends
ill miss u bernie would of loved to see u be the car sales man again in tf2. uncle bobby b baby uncle bobby b
ReplyDeleteR.I.P.
ReplyDeleteBernie Mac
R.I.P ma man. you´ll be missed.
ReplyDeleteg'night, uncle bobby b. thanks for making me laugh so many times...
ReplyDeleteI think director Bay outta arrange a memorial role for Uncle Bobby B in TF2!
ReplyDeleteBernie, you (and also Issac Hayes) will be greatly missed. I watched many episodes of "The Bernie Mac Show" to see what wisdom you'd drop on us, as well as loving the Bobby Bolivia character in TF1. I was hoping that maybe you'd be in TF2, and maybe Bay can make a reference to your character. I'm sure you're making them all laugh on the other side. Condolences to your family.
ReplyDeleteHe was a good man. Rest in peace, Bobby B.
ReplyDelete2008 is an amazing year, Tim Russert, Carlin, Tony Snow, Bernie Mac and now Issac Hayes .So many household names ya know , touching so many hearts you all touched mine.R.I.P. love, Ricco Rideaux " if I had a rock I'd Buss yo head Bitch"
ReplyDeleteyour first enchalader of freedom awaits underneath one of those hoods
ReplyDeletewhy did he had to died he maked us laugh alot :'( he was great he will be missed R.I.P :( i wished he was in tf2 :'(
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