A publicist said Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mac has died at the age of 50.
Publicist Danica Smith said Mac died early Saturday at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia.
The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body's organs, but he had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently had been hospitalized and treated for pneumonia
OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY
