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Comedian Bernie Mac Dies at 50
2008-08-09
RIP

Comedian Bernie Mac died this morning in Chicago after a long hospitalization from pneumonia.

Mac, whose real name is Bernard McCullough, passed away early this morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was 50 years old.

His rep just issued the following statement to TMZ: "Actor/ comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital. No other details are available at this time. We ask that his family's privacy continues to be respected."

Just a few days ago, Mac's condition was characterized as "stable"; Bernie had been in the hospital for a week.
Posted by:Full Bosomed1072

#6  Did you say the same thing about Jim Henson, Scooter?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2008-08-09 20:14  

#5  Lots of people die every year in the US from pneumonia. Sometimes the patient doesn't get treatment fast enough and thinks its just the flu.

In cases where it leads to blood poisoning, over 20% of sufferers will die.
Posted by: Full Bosomed1072   2008-08-09 16:24  

#4  Sarcoidosis got him from what I read.
Posted by: Bill Shusorong1219   2008-08-09 15:04  

#3  He was loud and annoying at times, but he made some of us laugh, rip Bernie Mac.
Posted by: Cheretch Crereng9873   2008-08-09 14:35  

#2  Not if its contracted in the hospital. MSM does a better job of covering up the death rate in our hospitals caused by mistakes and infections than they did on the Edwards extra curriculum activities. It's real hard to scream quagmire with every death in Iraq or Afghanistan when x10 more die because of those problems in hospitals.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-08-09 11:38  

#1  Pneumonia!?!! For some reason I'm reminded of about 20 years ago when straight people began dying from AIDs (from blood transfusions and such), the claim was usually that "they died of pneumonia". Seems odd for the guy to die in the hospital of a lung infection at 50.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2008-08-09 11:26  

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