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Added: Aug 18, 2008
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 -- August 9, 2008), better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley as The Original Kings of Comedy. Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body's organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. On July 24, 2008, Mac was hospitalized with an infection, that was later identified as pneumonia. The news of his hospitalization would not be announced for over a week, when his publicist claimed that Mac had pneumonia. The next day, responding to rumors that the actor was in "very, very critical condition," his publicist said that he was responding well to treatment, and should be released soon. On August 9, his publicist announced that Mac had died from complications of pneumonia unrelated to sarcoidosis. The 2008 Bud Billiken Parade in Chicago, on the day he died, was dedicated to his memory. Mac's funeral was held on August 16 at the House of Hope megachurch. More than 6,000 people attended his funeral. At the time of his death, Bernie Mac was working on the film Soul Men with Isaac Hayes who, coincidentally, died the next day.
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