Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50

CHICAGO - Bernie Mac, the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian who worked his way to Hollywood success from an impoverished upbringing on Chicago's South Side, died Saturday at age 50.

"Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital," his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles.

She said no other details were available and asked that his family's privacy be respected.

The comedian 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. He recently was hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, which his publicist said was not related to the disease.

Recently, Mac's brand of comedy caught him flack when he was heckled during a surprise appearance at a July fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate and fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama.

Toward the end of a 10-minute standup routine, Mac joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity, and used occasional crude language. The performance earned him a rebuke from Obama's campaign.

But despite controversy or difficulties, in his words, Mac was always a performer.

"Wherever I am, I have to play," he said in 2002. "I have to put on a good show."

Mac started his comedy career at age 8, with a standup performance at a church dinner. In 1977, at age 20, he took that act to comedy clubs in Chicago.

His film career started with a small role as a club doorman in the Damon Wayans movie "Mo' Money" in 1992. Mac went on to star in the "Ocean's Eleven" franchise with Brad Pitt and George Clooney and his turn with Ashton Kutcher in 2005's "Guess Who?" — a remake of the Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn 1967 classic "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" — topped the box office.

Mac also had starring roles in "Bad Santa," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Transformers."

The comedian drew critical and popular acclaim with his Fox television series "The Bernie Mac Show," which aired more than 100 episodes from 2001 to 2006.

The series about a man's adventures raising his sister's three children, won a Peabody Award in 2002. At the time, judges wrote they chose the sitcom for transcending "race and class while lifting viewers with laughter, compassion — and cool."

The show garnered Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Mac. He also was nominated for a Grammy award for best comedy album in 2001 along with his "The Original Kings of Comedy" co-stars, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley and Cedric The Entertainer.

In 2007, Mac told David Letterman on CBS' "Late Show" that he planned to retire soon.

"I'm going to still do my producing, my films, but I want to enjoy my life a little bit," Mac told Letterman. "I missed a lot of things, you know. I was a street performer for two years. I went into clubs in 1977."

Mac was born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough on Oct. 5, 1957, in Chicago. He grew up on the city's South Side, living with his mother and grandparents. His grandfather was the deacon of a Baptist church.

In his 2004 memoir, "Maybe You Never Cry Again," Mac wrote about having a poor childhood — eating bologna for dinner — and a strict, no-nonsense upbringing.

Mac's mother died of cancer when he was 16. In his book, Mac said she was a support for him and told him he would surprise everyone when he grew up.

"Woman believed in me," he wrote. "She believed in me long before I believed."

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Zao mi crnje nije bio neshto poznat al imo je dobre uloge u Okeanovim serijalu. Skoro u svakom filmu se pojavljivo kao neka sitne uloga

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Preminuo komičar Berni Mek
Subota, 9. avgust 2008. 18:23    

Američki glumac, 50-godišnji Berni Mek, koji je nedavno hospitalizovan zbog upale pluća, umro je u bolnici u Čikagu, objavili su mediji u SAD.

Berni Mek, komičar, koji se proslavio u ulogama "Ocean's Eleven" i "Čarlijevi anđeli", preminuo je zbog komplikacija na plućima nastale usled upale, saopštila je njegova predstavnica za štampu Danica Smit.

Nedavno je učestvovao u predsedničkoj kampanji Baraka Obame, ali se njegov oštar humor koji je dirnuo i u menopauzu, i druge seksualne teme, nije baš dopao kandidatu Demokratske stranke.

Uprkos svim kontroverzama i problemima na koje je nailazio u karijeri, Mek je govorio da je u svakoj prilici glumac.

"Gde god da sam, moram da glumim. Moram da pripredim dobar šou", izjavio je on 2002. godine.

Na televiziji Fox u SAD vodio je svoj popularan šou "The Bernie Mac Show", koji je od 2001. do 2006. godine imao više od 100 prikazivanja.

Ta emisija donela mu je dve nagrade Emi i dve nominacije za Zlatni globus.


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Preminuo glumac Berni Mek

Američki glumac i komičar Berni Mek (Bernie Mac) nedavno je preminuo u 50. godini života. Zvezda filmova iz serijala "Igraj svoju igru" ("Ocean's Eleven") preminuo je od, kako se navodi, komplikacija nakon hospitalizacije zbog zapaljenja pluća. On je godinama bolovao od sarkoidoze, hroničnog zapaljenja pluća.

Bernard Džefri Mekalou (Bernard Jeffrey McCullough) rođen je 1957. godine u Čikagu. Debitovao je kao pozorišni komičar, tzv. stand-up, još kao dete. Glumačku karijeru započeo je zvanično 1977. godine, ali je njegova prva filmska uloga stigla tek 1992. - u komediji Dejmona Vajansa (Damon Wayans) "Mo’ Money". Godine 1996. pojavio se u filmu "Get on the Bus" Spajka Lija (Spike Lee).

Proslavio se ulogom u humorističkoj televizijskoj komediji koja nosi njegovo ime - "The Bernie Mac Show", a koja se prikazivala od 2001. do 2006. Ta serija mu je donela nominacije i za dve Emi nagrade.

Najveći uspeh na filmu postigao je ulogom u filmu "Igraj svoju igru" ("Ocean's Eleven") pored Džordža Klunija, Endija Garsije, Breda Pita, Meta Dejmona i Eliota Gulda. Usledili su i nastavci - "Ocean's Twelve" 2004. godine i "Ocean's Thirteen" 2007. U međuvremenu, Mek je 2005. snimio komediju "Guess Who", rimejk klasika "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?" Spensera Trejsija i Ketrin Hepbern, s Eštonom Kučerom (Ashton Kutcher) kao partnerom.

S mlađim kolegom, komičarem Krisom Rokom (Chris Rock), 2003. snima film "Head of State", a zatim i blokbaster "Čarlijevi anđeli 2" ("Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle") i "Bad Santa" pored Bilija Boba Torntona. Naredne godine snima film "Mr 3000", a prošle, 2007. godine bio je zapažen i u hitu "Transformersi" ("Transformers").

Bernija Meka ćemo posthumno gledati u filmovima "Soul Men" pored Semjuela L. Džeksona (Samuel L. Jackson) i "Old Dogs" pored Džona Travolte (John Travolta) i Robina Vilijamsa (Robin Williams).

Mek je 32 godine bio u braku s Rondom Mekalou. Uz tog braka ima odraslu ćerku Dženis.

Izvor: Krstarica