R.I.P. Bernie Mac

What a shocker. People who worked with this incredibly talented TV and film crossover comedian are reeling after he died in a Chicago hospital early today from complications due to pneumonia. Said Oceans Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen co-star George Clooney through a publicist: “The world just got a little less funny. He will be dearly missed.” Bernie Mac was only 50 years old. A publicist says the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor suffered from the inflammatory lung disease sarcoidosis but it had gone into remission in 2005. Mac also had memorable co-starring roles in Bad Santa, Guess Who, Mr. 3000, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Transformers. But he was best known for starring in and producing his Fox television series The Bernie Mac Show which aired from 2001 to 2006. This past truncated pilot season due to the Hollywood writers strike, he was starring in/producing another TV offering to Fox, Starting Under, from Bruce Helford and Warner Bros. What a sad day to lose this comedy original.

source:Â   Deadline Hollywood Daily

A  very sad day indeed….According to IMDB, besides a new tv show, Bernie Mac had two film projects in the works…. ‘Soul Men’ with Samuel L. Jackson, due for a mid November release  and ‘Old Dogs’ with Robin Williams, John Travolta, and Matt Dillon, due  April 2009. Don Cheadle, a member of the “Oceans” gang said of Mac, “..he brought so much joy to so many. He will be missed but heaven just got funnier.”  Oh so true.