Comedian Bernie Mac has died after losing his battle with pneumonia.
The 50-year-old passed away on Saturday (08/09/08) morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
News of the actor's illness emerged last week, but his publicist Danica Smith released a number of statements earlier this week playing down reports of Mac's deteriorating health.
On Thursday (08/07/08), Smith said Mac was "in a stable condition" and was "responding well to treatment". She even went as far to predict he will be released from hospital within a matter of weeks.
But the star died on Saturday after experiencing complications from the condition, reports TMZ.com.
His representative says, "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."
He will be deeply missed!
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I wasn’t really a big fan of his comedy, but 50 is just far too young.
I do believe he had some lung disease though. I’m sure that aggravated the fact that he had pneumonia but it’s still a shame in this day and age to hear it as a cause of death.
R.I.P. :(
I loved this funny man.
that is messed up! i loved his show.
very sad, so young.
:-( so sad and so young, wow. Pneumonia is something that you can’t ignore because some people take it lightly. He also had a disease that makes lumps on the lung or something like that, but they said that it wasn’t related.