It's not often I am genuinely surprised by bad news.
But I was shocked and saddened to hear that comedian and actor Bernie Mac had passed away today.
According to his publicist Danica Smith, Bernie passed away this morning from complications due to a bout of pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital. He had recently been hospitalized and was being treated for this disease.
I know of Bernie though his work in movies such as Charlie's Angels, Kings of Comedy and Bad Santa.
But in America, he achieved critical and popular acclaim for the long-running sitcom The Bernie Mac Show, which earned him two Emmy award nominations.
Bernie often attributed his comedy career to his mother who, he said, had imbued him with a strong work ethic (he worked as a janitor, furniture mover, appliance hauler, and delivery man, prior to finding fame and fortune).
"Parents today don't get it," he wrote in his memoirs. "They don't want to be parents. They want to be cool. They want to be hip. They don't want to be the bad guy. But guess what? Being the bad guy is your job. My mama knew better. She wasn't there to make me like her; she was there to shape me; she was there to make me a good person."
A King of Comedy who talked some good sense and who'll be sadly missed.....R.I.P, Bernie Mac.
Comedian Bernie Mac dies aged 50
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