Great actor Mr. Bernie Mac passes at age 50 PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 10:17
Chicago - A great actor and comedian, Mr. Bernie Mack has his home going at age 50.  Known for his appearances in movies such as "Ocean's Eleven", and his well known family hit television series "The Bernie Mack Show", he will be surely missed.

Bernie Mac was hospitalized with pneumonia on August 1, 2008 and the following day, a source close to the family said that Mac was in "very, very critical" condition. He was recovering from pneumonia, most likely brought on by his sarcoidosis, in a Chicago hospital. His publicist, Danica Smith, said that he was expected to make a full recovery and that he was responding well to treatment.
Mr. Bernie Mac

Mac was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised by a single mother, Mary, who died of cancer when Mac was sixteen.  Mac attended Chicago Vocational Career Academy. The start of Mac's career was during high school, when he would put on shows for neighborhood kids in Chicago's south side until moving to Tampa. During his 20s he worked in a variety of jobs; he was a furniture mover, UPS agent and a bread delivery sales rep. Mac had claimed that he was whipped with a belt by both his mother and grandmother during his childhood.
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