Brycepops Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 "CHICAGO - Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," died Saturday at age 50. "Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital," his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_en_mo/obit_bernie_mac This is....just not right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixto Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Oh wow... That's quite a shock. I wasn't a big fan of the Bernie Mac Show, but I thought he was great in all his movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Wow this sucks I really enjoyed his movies. He had an incredible on screen presence. RIP dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elex Synn Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Well damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTigrr Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 No kidding..... plus his tv show was still one of the best out there. I still watch the reruns of it. RIP Bernie.... you're definitely missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noTuX Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 At first I thought this might be rumors started by people that were angry about what Mac did at one of Obama's fundraisers but all of the sites that I found that were disproving his death are out-of-date. I don't want to believe it, but I guess he really is dead. Another great comedian...gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Morse Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Oh wow... That's quite a shock. I wasn't a big fan of the Bernie Mac Show, but I thought he was great in all his movies. Always helps to throw some negativity in your thoughts on someone who's passed on. Not like they deserve respect or anything... Bernie's death caught me completely off-guard. It's a sad say when someone so great at their craft loses their life. He will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Odyssey Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I'm still trying to comprehend that he's gone. He was a good man, and will be missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeCrusher Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 He's been in the hospital a week now or so, and sites have said he died since then, but then take the story down. I guess it finally happened though. Sorry to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobou Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I loved him in the Ocean's [Number] movies... it sucks that he died, and at 50 too. He had years ahead of him. Looks like we won't see him in an Ocean's Fourteen or Fifteen if they do those sequels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziellink Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I never liked his movies, except his role in Transformers, though small. Bobby Bolivia, loved that part, greatly due to him! Still, the year of 50. That is way to young to go. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechaFone Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I nearly cried when John Lemmon and Walter Mathau died. They were brilliant comedians and I loved them in all the roles I saw. Bernie Mac is no different. He helped pioneer a new generation of comedy, and he indeed had more years to go. I will miss this man and I'm sure the whole country weeps for the loss of such a brilliant funny man. Also, RIP sum um a bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustin Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Taking this one hard. I'm a huge fan of his work, and to lose him at 50 is just ... un-American. I'm gonna have a Mac-fest tonite and watch some of my favourite works. I'm really gonna miss him. One of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwordBreaker Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 RIP. Always enjoyed his performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Wow this is extremely sad news. I don't really know what to say at this moment, except rest in peace. Gah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke'G Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 No way. I remember reading that Mac had pneumonia after an article on Freeman's car accident. I was so relieved Freeman made it out OK, I forgot about Mac's condition. Bernie Mac was always fun to see in any part he played, that fun and charisma will be sorely missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killmur Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I never quite liked his work but he was good in the Ocean's films and Transformers. God 50 is so...young. What's worse is I was more worried about Morgan dying due to his car crash. Sad bit of irony there, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSlicer Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Sad, he was great in ocean's eleven. "They could have better named it whitejack!" is a quote I won't forget, it was a funny one. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Saddening on many levels.. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Poop. It's a shame. He was in some great flicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesty Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 wow, this is quite an unpleasant suprrise. RIP to a very funny man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aninymouse Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Sorry to hear it. I remember hearing on the radio a few days ago that "no, he is NOT dead." Apparently, when wod got out that he wasn't well, someone thought he'd died. It's a shame, he was a pretty cool actor. He wasn't completely goofy, you know? He had a serious element to everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybell Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Aw man, this is pretty sad! Whenever he was on the screen he just made you smile. Rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 We watched Ocean's 11 tonight because of this. Shame to lose him, he's always been able to make me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phalanx Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 This just seems to...anticlimactic. I expected him to live to a ripe old age, sitting on the porch of his house and cracking jokes with his kids and relatives. Perhaps both scaring and entertaining the neighborhood children with his wit and charm, y'know? His personality and natural charisma was too big for life, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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