Bernie Mac ... A great voice silenced.

[Mo_Gearhead]

Bernie Mac died Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital, his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. She said no other details were available.

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Never saw the man in person ...but on HBO and his show occasionally.

I liked him ...A LOT! R.I.P. big guy!

I will not link the Youtube (language) skits, but if you haven't seen him on "Cookies and Milk"...take a peek (strong language!)

[gassy]

I thought he was pretty funny. 50 yrs. old.

[dtw]

You're kidding! That is awful news. He had great range and was truly hilarious. He will be sorely missed. RIP.

[J1NX3D]

pretty sad. RIP.
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx/?news=326331&GT1=28101

[m21sniper]

If only we had listened to Al Gore, he would be alive today.

[DavidI]

Bernie Mac was a very good comedian. He will be missed.

[rattlsnak]

his show was great! RIP...

[Mo_Gearhead]

Follow up:
All of you! Stay the fuch away from all hospitals!

If you weren't sick going in ...you sure as he!! may be coming out.
If you get out!

[legion]

Wow, at his age and with his resources, I thought for sure his pneumonia would be a non-event.

Sad.

[Mo_Gearhead]

The following is what pi##es me off about MOST politicians:
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ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Chicago native Bernie Mac may have been a little too loose with the jokes at a Barack Obama fundraiser Friday night, leading some ticket goers to heckle the comedian about his jokes about women at the presidential candidate's event.

Mac introduced Obama for the $2,300-a-head fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago and opened with his typical humor.

"My little nephew came to me and he said, 'Uncle, what's the difference between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?'" Mac told the crowd, "I said, ‘I don't know,’ but I said, 'I'll tell you what you do. Go upstairs and ask your mother if she'd make love to the mailman for $50,000.’”

The joke continued with the mother saying she'd sleep "with anyone" for $50,000 -- and then continuing to include Mac's daughter hypothetically answering the question in the same way.

"Hypothetically speaking, we should have $100,000. But realistically speaking we live with two hos,” Mac said delivering the punch line that solicited a few hecklers in the political crowd.

"It's not funny. Let's get Barack on," someone shouted from the crowd.

Mac introduced Obama shortly after, and Obama called him a "great friend."

Near the end of Obama's remarks, the Illinois Senator included a rebuke of his comedian friend in a regular stump speech riff about divisions that still exist in America.

"We can't afford to be divided by race. We can't afford to be divided by religion, or by region or class. Or by gender. That means, by the way, Bernie you got to clean up your act. This is a family affair. … I'm just messing with you," Obama said.

The Obama campaign was equally quick to distance themselves from Mac's off-color comments, with Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki saying, "Sen. Obama told Bernie Mac that he doesn't condone these statements and believes what was said was inappropriate."
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Now which is it?
He's a "great friend". And (giggle) he had better stop with the racial/gender/religious/class divisions?
Or
..."I'm just messing with you!" (Keep it up Bro.???)

Rebuked him?

He KNEW the man ...knew his 'routines' and once again, can't stand up for him in the end.

Pathetic.

[cashflyer]

Interestingly, most of his jokes would have gotten him banned from Pelican.

[cab83_750]

I am sad for him.


FYI, nothing against the gent, but I did not think he was funny! I guess I am more of the Chris Rock-guy!

[vash]

i loved bernie. i will miss him.

[rammstein]

His show was actually pretty good.

[svandamme]

to kick the bucket with a pneumonia at age 50
that's more like something you hear for geriatrics or folks with aid , folks who already had poor health to start with...


right, Wiki says he had an immune system disorder called Sarcoidosis or Besnier-Boeck disease

tough break

[Sonic dB]

apparently he had a history of lung disease and had thought it was in remission...obviously this had an effect on things... its still tough to see a person in his prime, well liked and well off go so quickly...but it could happen to anyone really.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Interestingly, most of his jokes would have gotten him banned from Pelican.

Gotta agree with that one. RIP, Bernie Mac