Bernie Mac

Nascido(a) em
5 de outubro de 1957 · Chicago, Illinois, EUA
Falecido(a) em
9 de agosto de 2008 · Chicago, Illinois, EUA (complications from pneumonia)
Nome de nascimento
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough
Apelido
- Mac-Man
Altura
1,88 m

He used to be a boxer.
Starred in Soul Men alongside Isaac Hayes. Hayes died on August 10, 2008, the day after Bernie's death on August 9, 2008.
Started his career in stand-up comedy in 1977. His first professional comedy gig was at The Cotton Club in Chicago. He was so broke, he had to borrow a suit from his brother.
He was hospitalized with pneumonia on July 18, 2008. False rumors of his death spread widely. His publicist, Danica Smith insisted he would make a full recovery. Unfortunately, Mac took a turn for the worse. He died August 9, 2008, from complications of pneumonia.
His mother and both siblings died before he did. His mother died of breast cancer his sophomore year of high school. One brother died as a baby, the other died of a heart attack in his 20s.

. . . Bernie Mac, Um Tio da Pesada (2001) is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life . . .
[interview in Playboy, 12/04] Every time you see a black romance it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
[interview in Playboy, 12/04] I was living in a place where I was harming myself. I was irresponsible. I'd lost several apartments. I couldn't hold a job. I was tired of being a no-good son of a bitch who called himself a man but was just a grown boy.
[interview in Playboy, 12/04] I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
[interview in Playboy, 12/04] I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.