Bernie Mac Dies at 50
Bernie Mac, who for the past 30 years made the public laugh with an over-sized comic persona in film, television and comedy clubs, has died of pneumonia. He was 50.
George Clooney:
“The world just got a little less funny. He will be missed dearly.”
Brad Pitt:
“I lament the loss of a ferociously funny and hardcore family man. My thoughts are with Rhonda and their family. Bernie Mac, you are already missed.”
Samuel L. Jackson:
“He was also an attentive husband, a great father and loving grandfather. I feel blessed to have shared years of friendship with Bernie Mac, and I’m honored to have finally co-starred with him in what I consider to be his finest cinematic acting achievement.
“My sincere prayer is that his family will be comforted by the warmth of love from all of us who knew and respected this man.”
George Lopez:
“Bernie fell into that category of people who were inherently different like when you saw them, you knew they were different and when they spoke, you knew they were different. As comics, we’re all brothers. and I’ll miss him a lot. He was a good friend of mine.”
Luke Wilson:
“He couldn’t have been a nicer guy. He just seemed like a real family man and just a nice guy on the set, just very kind of normal guy.”
Mac began his career performing stand-up comedy for spare change in Chicago subways. His first break came when he won a citywide talent contest in 1990.
By 1994 he had established himself as a headliner in his own right, touring the U.S. with his comedy-music-dance extravaganza, the “Who Ya Wit Tour.” Meanwhile, TV guest spots on HBO’s “Rosie Perez Presents Society’s Ride” (1993) and Russell Simmons’ “Def Comedy Jam” (1994) led to his own HBO series, Midnight Mac (1995), and a recurring guest spot on TV’s Moesha.
He also appeared in films such as Mo’ Money (1992), Spike Lee’s Get on the Bus (1996), and Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and Ocean’s Twelve (2004). He performed on the “Kings of Comedy” tour with fellow stars, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, and Cedric the Entertainer. In 2001 he launched his hit Fox TV series, The Bernie Mac Show.
Thanks for the laughs. R.I.P. Mr. Mac.
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