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Bernie Mac Passes Away August 9th

Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," died Saturday at age 50.

Bernie Mac, 50, was nominated for a Grammy for "The Original Kings of Comedy."

more photos » "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.

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.
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Isaac Hayes Passes Away August 10th

Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department.

Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the

Among the songs he wrote for Stax artists, often with his partner David Porter, were "Hold On, I'm Comin'," "Soul Man," "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" and "B-A-B-Y."
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Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac
It is very sad that these two men died just after making a movie together along with samuel l.jackson. I just feel Samuel L Jackson's movies are very demonic and it's sad that their last film was for him. I hope they are in a better place they truly were good men.
By DeDe @ 08/25/08 01:53:58 PMreport abuse
I WAS VERY HURT WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS BUT THEY ARE BOTH IN A BETTER PLACE MY HEART GOS OUT TO THE FAMILY
By MICHELLE WALDEN @ 08/12/08 02:03:12 PMreport abuse
PASSING OF BERNIE MAC AND ISAAC HAYES
I JUST WISH TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILIES OF BERNIE AND ISAAC, ONE A GREAT COMEDIAN AND THE OTHER A GREAT MUSICAL GENIUS. THEY WILL BE FOREVER REMEMBERD FOR THEIR GREAT WORK. MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEPP BOTH OF THE FAMILIES.
By LYNISE BROWNHOLDIPP @ 08/12/08 01:29:07 PMreport abuse