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Award-winning actor-comedian Bernie Mac has died at age 50 from complications of pneumonia.  Best known for his role in films including “Ocean’s Eleven” and his award winning TV program “The Bernie Mac Show.”

 
“Wherever I am, I have to play, I have to put on a good show!”

“The world just got a little less funny,” said co-star George Clooney.  Carl Reiner, who also appeared in the “Ocean’s” films along with Brad Pitt, said he was “in utter shock” because he thought Mac’s health was improving.

Bernie Mac also had starring roles in “Bad Santa,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and “Transformers.”

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

Rumors were flying that 50 year old Comedian/Actor Bernie Mac has died. Looks like the Rumors are just that, as Mac is apparently still very much alive.

“Bernie Mac is still alive and being treated at a Chicago hospital for pneumonia and is expected to make a full recovery,” said his rep Danica Smith. (They say no Drugs were involved)

Mac’s pneumonia was not related to his sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease causing inflammation of the lungs.

The hospital has reported: “Mr. Mac is responding well to drugs/treatment and will be released soon.”

As Reported by TMZ:

Larry Harmon, the man credited with making Bozo the Clown the All American Icon he was, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.

Harmon wasn’t the original Bozo, but built up the character and eventually licensed it to television stations across the country.

Bozo will sadly be missed by all us Bozo’s out here!

Tim Russert, a powerhouse of broadcast journalism who made interviewing both an art form and a contact sport on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died yesterday of a heart attack at age 58 after collapsing at the network’s Washington bureau.

Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw announced the news on the air shortly after 3:30 p.m. Brokaw said Russert had just returned from a trip to Italy with his wife, Maureen Orth, and son, Luke.

The cause of death was not immediately clear. The network said on its Web site that Russert died of a heart attack.

Russert was the author of two best-selling books, “Big Russ & Me” and “Wisdom of Our Fathers,” both written in collaboration with William Novak of Newton.