Comedian Bernie Mac Dies Aged 50 [R.I.P.]

Bernie Mac, an actor and comedian who starred in the “Ocean’s Eleven” film franchise and “The Bernie Mac Show,” a rare network comedy to feature an African American in a leading role, died Saturday. He was 50.

as Pastor Clever with Ice Cube and Chris Tucker on Friday [1995]

Mac died from complications related to pneumonia in a Chicago-area hospital, announced his publicist, Danica Smith.

The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation in tissue, most often the lungs. The pneumonia was unrelated to the disease, Smith said.

George Clooney, Mac’s co-star in the three “Ocean’s” movies, said in a statement, “The world just got a little less funny. He will be dearly missed.”

Comedian Martin Lawrence, who worked with Mac on the 1999 comedy film “Life,” told The Times, “Words can’t express the absolute devastation I am feeling over the loss of Bernie, a comic genius, a great man and someone I am honored to have called my friend.”

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