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• Bernie Mac was an Emmy Award-nominated actor and stand-up comedian who starred in a number of successful films, as well the short-lived television show The Bernie Mac Show.

  On August 9, 2008, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Mac died. Mac was hospitalized with pneumonia on August 1, 2008. He was 50 years old.

• Fast Facts

  1. Name: Bernard Jeffrey McCullough
  2. Born: October 5, 1958TV Guide: Bernie Mac Biography
  3. Died: August 9, 2008, complications due to pneumoniaCNN.com: Comic actor Bernie Mac dies (August 9, 2008)
  4. Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
  5. Spouse: Rhonda McCullough
  6. Had autoimmune disease sarcoidosisTV Guide: Bernie Mac Biography
  7. Hospitalized on August 1, 2008, for pneumoniaFOXNews.com: Bernie Mac Hospitalized with Pneumonia (August 1, 2008)

• Bernie Mac's Death

  On August 9, 2008, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Mac died. Columnist Stella Foster said she received a call from a "close friend" of Mac's family who confirmed his death. Mac was hospitalized in Chicago on August 1, and was diagnosed with pneumonia.

• Career

  After getting his start as a successful stand-up comic, Mac made the jump to movies with small roles in films such as Friday, Ocean's Eleven and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, as well as a starring role in the 2000 stand-up comedy film The Original Kings of Comedy. In 2001, Mac starred in the critically acclaimed television sitcom The Bernie Mac Show, which lasted until 2006.

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