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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 10:24 am
I am shocked.
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Jhonise
Member
07-10-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 10:26 am

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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 10:39 am
How strange - when just last night that annoying crawl that CNN will not stop using said he was recovering well...
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 11:49 am
I am shocked to hear this also. Prayers to his family and friends
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 12:35 pm
I am just shocked and devastated. When I heard I was hoping it was another rumor. Damn.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 12:38 pm
Bernie Mac was such a good guy. It's always so sad when someone so upstanding is gone so young. Prayers to his loved ones.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 12:40 pm
Wow. Way too young. Very sad.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 2:51 pm
In the wake of the untimely death of Bernie Mac Saturday morning at age 50, fellow entertainers fondly remember the standup comic and actor as a quintessential funnyman – and a warm guy. George Clooney, who starred with Mac in 2001's casino caper Ocean's Eleven and its two sequels, says, "The world just got a little less funny. He will be missed dearly." Said fellow Ocean's colleague Brad Pitt, "I lament the loss of a ferociously funny and hardcore family man. My thoughts are with Rhonda and their family. Bernie Mac, you are already missed." Mac, who died at a Chicago hospital of complications from pneumonia, will be seen this fall in the comedy feature Soul Men opposite pal Samuel L. Jackson, who says, "It goes without saying that Bernie was one of the preeminent comedians of our generation." The actor added, "He was also an attentive husband, a great father and loving grandfather. I feel blessed to have shared years of friendship with Bernie Mac, and I'm honored to have finally co-starred with him in what I consider to be his finest cinematic acting achievement. "My sincere prayer is that his family will be comforted by the warmth of love from all of us who knew and respected this man." George Lopez, Luke Wilson Remember To fellow comedian George Lopez, "He was one of those comics that was unique because of his approach, his look, his voice [and] the content of his material." Admitting that at times Mac's material might have sounded a little rough, especially to the ears of younger people, Lopez, during the press junket for Henry Poole Is Here, told PEOPLE, "Bernie fell into that category of people who were inherently different like when you saw them, you knew they were different and when they spoke, you knew they were different ." Admiring Mac's gifts, Lopez also said, "As comics, we're all brothers. and I’ll miss him a lot. He was a good friend of mine." Henry Poole star Luke Wilson, Mac's costar in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, told PEOPLE, "He couldn't have been a nicer guy. He just seemed like a real family man and just a nice guy on the set, just very kind of normal guy." Actress-comedienne Niecy Nash, who played Mac's sister on The Bernie Mac Show, recalls his knack for making fellow actors feel at home on the set. "When I showed up to work, he said something to me that had never been said to me on a set before," she says. "He said, 'Baby girl, the script here is not the Bible. Do you, and I'll follow. I got mine, you get yours.' When he said that, I knew everything was going to be all right. I was happy to have the freedom to make up some funny with him. It was simply delicious." Adds Nash, "My working experiences with Bernie were so amazing, that from that point on, I wouldn't have cared if he called me in the middle of the night to come and be in a scene where I didn't have anything to do but sit in the background and eat cereal. I would've just done it because I loved him like that."
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 3:43 pm
Wow, I had also hoped that he would recover. I guess the plus side is how much of an impact he had while living with that disease, but that is of little comfort right now.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 5:43 pm
Just hearing now....I am shocked. It's weird, some people you're just not ready to let go; he was one of them. So sad. Too soon.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 1:15 pm
Oh my goodness ... another passing! MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office says a family member found Hayes unresponsive near a treadmill on Sunday. He was pronounced dead about an hour later at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. The cause of death was not immediately known. In the early 1970s, Hayes laid the groundwork for disco, for what became known as urban-contemporary music and for romantic crooners like Barry White. And he was rapping before there was rap. His career hit another high in 1997 when he became the voice of Chef, the sensible school cook and devoted ladies man on the animated TV show "South Park."
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 2:39 pm
OH no! Odd that they mention the treadmill.. wonder if it was running? === I often read my papers sort of late in the day or early the next and I was finisheing up the Saturday paper this morning and there in the People section was a blurb about Bernie Mac, saying he was doing really well.. made me sadder to think that he must have taken a really sudden turn for the worse.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 2:50 pm
Awwww just hearing about Isaac Hayes. What a shame, such a great musician.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 3:11 pm
Another sad day in the entertainment world, heck, the whole world. I don't know too many people my age that can't sing all the words to Shaft. And there's been a whole other legion of fans with his voice of Chef in South Park.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 3:22 pm
Isaac Hayes: Shaft
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 4:19 pm
I am not over the shock of Bernie and now this 
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Jhonise
Member
07-10-2003
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 4:59 pm

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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 5:01 pm
that's two ...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 5:41 pm

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 6:58 pm
He was going to be headlining a street festival here in 2 weeks... sad sad sad.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 7:29 pm
Yeah, it sure is a one - two punch..
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:49 am
Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes Worked on Final Project Together Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, whose deaths saddened the entertainment world this weekend, had worked together on an unreleased film this past spring. Soul Men, starring Mac and Samuel L. Jackson, is named for the famous hit "Soul Man" that Hayes wrote with David Porter. Mac and Jackson actually do their own musical and dance performances in the film about two aging backup singers who haven’t seen each other in 20 years but reluctantly agree to travel together for a tribute performance in honor of their recently deceased band leader. The movie shot scenes in Memphis, Tenn., in April, including one in which Hayes is in the audience as Mac and Jackson perform the legendary songwriter's "Do Your Thing.” Mac, 50, died from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago-area hospital early Saturday. Hayes, 65, was found near a treadmill in his Tennessee home barely a day later and pronounced dead at a Memphis hospital. His cause of death was not determined but no foul play was suspected. Due out in November, the film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee and also stars Sean Hayes, Jennifer Coolidge and John Legend. Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone co-wrote the screenplay. — Jennifer Holland Is that creepy or what?
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:30 am
You think they might delay the release on this movie?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 12:54 pm
I swear I'm scared to listen to the news lately.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 3:09 pm
Ladytex, I read that article in this morning's paper and was pretty freaked out.. not to be superstitious, but I hope Samuel L Jackson will be really careful these days.. I also read that the treadmill WAS running.. I so hope that he wasn't thrown off and hit his head or something.. you have to be really aware of how easy it can be to have an accident with a treadmill. But of course it could be something entirely different. Mocha, I know what you mean.
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