Actor and comedian Bernie Mac has died at the age of 50 in his home town of Chicago.Mac was hospitalized on August 1st and treated for pneumonia, his publiscist earlier saying he was responding well to the treatment. However complications arose and Mac passed away on Saturday August 9th.
He had 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.
The Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor, whose given name was Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, was best known for his TV comedy The Bernie Mac Show, which ran on FOX for five seasons until 2006.
Mac also had starring roles in the films Ocean's Eleven, Bad Santa, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Transformers. He had recently been working on a new TV show Starting Under and an upcoming film entitled Soul Men.
"The world just got a little less funny. He will be dearly missed," said George Clooney, who starred with Mac in the Ocean's trilogy.
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