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Bernie Mac Death Facts: Age, Cause of Death, Birthday, Date of Death Tragedy!

Bernie Mac died at age 50, not too shabby. Check out the death cause, death date, and more facts about the circumstances surrounding TV actor Bernie Mac's death.

Biography - A Short Wiki

He gained popularity as a comedian and won the 2002 Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy for The Bernie Mac Show. 

He was raised by a single mother, Mary, who died of cancer when he was 16 years old. He married Rhonda McCullough in 1977 and they had a child named Je’neice McCullough together. 

How did Bernie Mac die?

Bernie Mac's death was caused by sarcoidosis.

Information about the death of Bernie Mac
Cause of deathSarcoidosis
Age of death50 years
ProfessionTv Actor
BirthdayOctober 5, 1957
Death dateAugust 9, 2008
Place of deathN/A
Place of burialN/A

Quotes

I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson.

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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.

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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.

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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.

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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.

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