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by **MM_Dandy** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:58 pm

The comedian Bernie Mac has died at the age of 50 due to complications from pneumonia.

cnn.com

I've only seen parts of his act and maybe a handful of the television series, and that's enough for me to say that his passing surely does make the world a little bit less happy.

Long live the King.

by **Superluminal** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:22 am

Good bye Mr. 3000 :( .

by **Dragon Star** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:27 am

I acutally liked that movie he played in with Ashton Kutcher...RIP.

by **The Beer Slayer** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:50 am

Pneumonia? Don't hear about too many people dying of that these days.

by **Arneb** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:16 pm

Think again. It's the sixth leading cause of death in the US. Jim Henson, of Muppets fame, as another prominent victim, also dying in his fifties.

by **troubleagain** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:44 pm

Well, yeah, but don't a lot of people who die of pneumonia also have some contributing factors? Either way. Sad. :cry:

by **The Beer Slayer** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:10 am

Oh crap, Isaac Hayes just died too! man this is a bad weekend for comedians.

by **Superluminal** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:48 am

The Beer Slayer wrote:Oh crap, Isaac Hayes just died too! man this is a bad weekend for comedians.

Hayes was a Soul singer. But they always go in three, who's next?

by **Heid the Ba** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:44 am

Hayes was also a Scientologist who was happy to mock other religions but threw a strop when South Park had a go at Tom Cruise.

by **Arneb** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:10 pm

troubleagain wrote:Well, yeah, but don't a lot of people who die of pneumonia also have some contributing factors? Either way. Sad.

Absolutely. I suppose that, as a Scientologist, he wasn't a smoker. But knowing he little bugs can finish off an Operating Thetan or crap-whatever anytime they like is somewhat reassuring scientologywise.

by **troubleagain** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:33 pm

I have a question, though. They said in a tv report that his pneumonia was unrelated to his sarcoidosis, but...wouldn't the damage from the sarcoidosis have made the pneumonia incredibly more dangerous?

by **Arneb** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:13 pm

Conceivably, yes. It would depend on how much chronic damage there was from his sarcoidosis (in successfilly treated patients, there frequently isn't any) and if he was currently on high dose immunosuppression. You could list those under the "contributing factors" you mentioned some posts up. On the other hand, it could all just be a coincidence. People do "just" die from pneumonia. I've seen it happen, and the ones I've seen weren't necessarily badly treated.

by **troubleagain** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:45 pm

I'm sure that's true, but he's been on oxygen for a while, it seems, from reports in the media. So I'm guessing it was definitely a contributing factor.

by **Arneb** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:13 am

yes, that sounds extremely suggestive. This situation is usually handled by phrases like "died from sequelae of" or"...complications of".

by **Blue Monster 65** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:14 am

Mac was incredibly funny and cut to the chase in his act.

Never got to interview or meet him, but I sure wanted to. He was GOOD.

Scott

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