Bernie Mac in Hospital for Pneumonia

Report: Bernie Mac in Hospital for Pneumonia
Copyright 2008 Gabriel Bouys / AFP
"The Insider" has confirmed that Bernie Mac has been hospitalized in Chicago for pneumonia.

The 50-year-old funnyman's rep says that the star "is responding well to treatment and will be released soon," and added that the illness is not related to Bernie's diagnosis of the autoimmune disease sarcoidosis, which causes inflammation in such organs as the lungs and lymph nodes.

Bernie has been in remission since 2005, when the "Bernie Mac Show" and 'Ocean's Thirteen' star announced that he had been suffering from the disease for the last two decades.

"He asked that his privacy and that of his family is respected while he gets well," says the rep.

Published 8/1/08 by the Insider

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  • WELL BERNIE MAC U WAS DA "KING OF COMEDY"
    R.I.P BERNIE MAC!!!! HE'S IN A BETTER PLACE NOW!! NO PAIN, HEADACHES, DRAMA,CRYIN,HURTIN,ETC!! NUTHIN!! U DON'T HAVE 2 GO THROUGH NONE OF DAT NE MORE!!! BUT EVEN THOUGH U DON'T HAVE 2 GO THROUGH DAT NE MORE...
    Anonymous 8/11/08 Reply
  • its over he is gone but i know he is in a better place and i'm sure we are going to all miss the greatest man in the world bernie mac but the point i'm tryin to make is that we luv u you very much and we wish you well much luv bernie
    Anonymous 8/9/08 Reply
  • Bernie mac it really hurt
    Me wen i found out you in a better place now much love i watch u all the time
    And im only 12 years old
    Anonymous 8/9/08 Reply
  • I send you prayer, healing and love be Blessed.
    Anonymous 8/7/08 Reply
  • did bernie mac die.
    Anonymous 8/6/08 Reply
  • its so sad bernie mac died on 8*5*08!!!!!:(
    he died of lung failure pnuemonia!!!!!!!!

    kiana
    Anonymous 8/5/08 Reply
  • We pray for Bernie's speedy recovery and all our prayers are going out for him and his family..We love you Bernie! Renee Wood and Derrick Stewart-Chicago
    Anonymous 8/2/08 Reply
  • I pray for Bernie's speedy recovery.

    Maria Frisby
    mspennsylvania 8/2/08 Reply