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Bernie Mac died of cardiac arrest, was with his family at the end
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bless his soul. at least he was not alone when he passed. there is a place for special people and darn, those other folks there will be laughing hard.
I just want to say I love this man funny jokes and his great sense of humor. To his wife and daughter God will get you through this. Bernie will always have a lot of fans and I will miss him dearly
Sweetest smile. Love Reiner’s tribute too, paints such a warm, generous picture of him.
😥 God, what an unfair, cruel loss. What a monumentally unfair, infuriating, heartbreaking loss.
@ Geronimo – yes, Reiner et alia up there paint a warm, generous piocture of him, and it is REAL, he really was all those beautiful things. These people are not exagerrating. Bernie mac was one of those exceedingly rare, completely good-to-the-bone people. It’s not really generous, what Reiner and them are saying, it’s all quite true.
😆 😆 😆 Great clip CB – he was such a brat 😆
I will miss Bernie Mac and his comedy.
Um, the ‘generous’ was directed at Bernie, snowblood, as in ‘paints a pic of a warm, generous man’….I believe you may have misread my comment.
This is just too sad, every picture you see of him he’s smiling ear to ear…rest in peace.
okay what the hell?…Isaac Hayes has supposedly died!!!
Oh, I’m sorry, Geronimo! Please don’t be offended, I was just reiterating that he really was all the things they say above, and more, but I absolutely didn’t mean to misread anything of yours, bella.
I was in the shower just now, thinking, and I remembered back to an instance when I was doing background acting in one of the first episodes I did on the Bernie Mac Show. I played a young mother and I even had my own pretend little girl – anyway.
The little girl and I had to walk hand-in-hand from one part of the set to the other, crossing in front of the camera, and Bernie Mac was to cross US coming from the other direction. I was quietly nervous as all get-out, and Bernie Mac sensed it, amazingly enough – he was incredibly sensitive. So, for about 4 takes, he kept pretending to bump into me & the little girl, getting us giggling and giving us his smiles, he was completely setting us at ease – and we were just background! Nobody “special.” But he was like that, he noticed everybody, and he didn’t have an elitist cell in his body, unlike so, so SO many other top-rung celebrities.
How many other stars would go out of their way and deliberately f**k up 4 or 5 takes during a shoot JUST to get some background actors to relax and smile and feel good? Pretty much no one, as far as I’ve ever experienced, just Bernie Mac.
It’s creepy because I thought he was younger than 50. He also looks really young anyway. It’s been so sad these last few days, him and now Isaac Hayes….damn…
Great story Snowblood, you made me smile 🙂
Still can’t believe it. Rest in peace Mr Mac.
Just watched that YouTube clip, that was awesome! Had me laughing the whole way through. His daycare center, “I will f**k yo’ kid UP!” 😆
The wife and I are gonna miss his talent.
Just to clarify, everyone dies of cardiac arrest. Otherwise death would be much creepier! 😯
The saddest part is, he was cured of one strain of pneumonia, then picked up a different strain in the hospital. How awful — the hospital ended up killing him.
This is so sad. Reading this post actually made me cry. I hope his family is alright and that God is holding them close and easing their hearts. He was/is so cool. Married thirty years… Godbless at the new gift heaven has received.
What a sad, sad thing to happen. And that story was so touching snowblood.
i will miss him and even reading this there is a part of me that is laughing at the some of the things he said that made me laugh and there is a part of me that feels so sad…
this is a great loss.
this $hit blows. i love him, he was hella funny. his show kicked! 🙁
Thanks, Daisy & Kris. I will never forget this beautiful man, and the conversations we held together those few times. I seriously always just took it for granted that I’d run into him again, L.A. being a small place after a while if you’re even peripherally in “the business;” you tend to keep running into certain celebs and/or industry people out and about in West Hollywood and around the studios during TV episode taping season.
The pneumonia he got in the hospital is that terrifying new super-strain pf antibiotic-resistant pneumonia which kills because there’s nothing to cure it with, yet. Plus he was already weakened by his rare congenital ailment, Sarcoidosis, an illness he kept very concealed from all but his family so he wouldn’t get that awful pity-thing from his Hollywood colleagues and from his fans and the public.
That makes me sad that his wife said “Don’t leave me” to him. He probably felt so sad and unable to protect her like he is used to doing. When my dad passed my mom told him that she knew he was tired and it was okay to let go, and I think that gave him some peace. This is really tearing me up… 😥
That IS a sweet story snowblood. How lucky you are to have been graced with his presence… 😐
Thank you, Mollination, and your post got ME all teary again! You’re so right, it must have hurt his heart so badly to be unable to even speak to his dear wife while she’s distraught and begging him “Don’t leave me.” He wasn’t able to speak at all for the past 4 or 5 days before he died, he could only indicate or motion to exopress himself. Oh, GOD that is heartbreaking, that’s too much. 😥 😥
With all the religions and deafening silence of God, you really believe in God and an afterlife? That we don’t just cease to exist? I’m not trying to be an ass, I’m very serious.
Well, an ass doesn’t have to try awful hard to be himself. I mean, christ, are you fkn’ kidding me? This is a tribute thread to a beautiful man who just died suddenly and far too young, this is not a thread for theological or philosophical debate, good god man, show some respect.
well, i think it is time to read your Bible and wake up!! you will get a “rude awakening” if you don’t believe in God and the afterlife. the choice is yours – burn forever or heaven forever!! wake up!!!
Chavonne, you must have gone to Catholic school or are a Born Again. Number one reason people turn away from organized religion. Snowblood, I wasn’t trying to be an ass or disrespectful, I was reaching out to people on the board because it’s troubling for me. Never mind.
Chavonne, to hell with you and your “rude awakening” “going to hell” godbothering fantasy bullsh*t. You disgust me. Absolutely repulsive. You’re a shame to humanity.
“Reaching out to people on this board…” You mean, proseltyzing? Never mind is right.
Bernie Mac was hilarious as the orange-eating security officer in Bad Santa and great as the beleagured uncle/dad on his own show. I’ll miss his talent.
Thank you everyone.
How so sad this must be. I swear this man was the “FUNNY” of comedy. It will Never be the same. Bernie you will be missed. I can say one thing, u might have been takin early but u will always be remembered as the funny sexy black man in alot of peoples eyes. May god rest your soul………I’m sure they will love you HEAVEN….keep them laughin Bernie!
Go easy, Bernie Mac. You will be missed.
We miss you Bernie Mac “the funny uncle we all shared” even though we did not know him personally. So many people love, respect, admire and now miss him so much. It saddened my heart to hear the tragic news, but after prayer I realized he is in a much better place. We will miss him while we are on earth, but we will see him again at the feet of Jesus-smiling that awesome smile. My thoughts and prayers continue to go out to him, his loving family and the entertainment community. God Bless you all and Rest In Peace Bernie Mac-we love you and miss you!
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Rest in peace Bernie.
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