The Bernie Mac Show

...stand-up routines, and achieved national fame with his appearance in the documentary film The Original Kings of Comedy. Mac went on to star in his own award-winning sitcom The Bernie Mac Show. He also had roles in Friday and Ocean's Eleven.

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...their former bandmate. TWIN DEATHS Mac, who starred in the television sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show" and the movie "Ocean's 11," died in Chicago at age 50 on August 9 after suffering from pneumonia. Hayes died of a stroke on August 10.

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...disease the comedian also has. That condition has been in remission since 2005. Mac starred in his own US sitcom, The Bernie Mac Show, from 2001 to 2006. His performance in the programme earned him numerous award nominations including...

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...Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Mac. But comic Cedric The Entertainer reveals Mac was keen to return to TV after previously starring in The Bernie Mac Show and teen comedy Moesha. Speaking to talk show host Larry King as part of...

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...Angels: Full Throttle and Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher. He also toured America with The Original Kings of Comedy in 2000 and starred in his own sitcom, The Bernie Mac Show. "For that we're all going to miss him even more than his...

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...a man married for more than 30 years, rooted in family. From 2001 to 2006, Mac played the exasperated but thoroughly no-nonsense father figure on The Bernie Mac Show. Mac earned two Emmy acting nominations for playing a version of...

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...on the set, just very kind of normal guy." Actress-comedienne Niecy Nash, who played Mac's sister on The Bernie Mac Show, recalls his knack for making fellow actors feel at home on the set. "When I showed up to work, he said something to...

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...describing Mac as "a loving grandfather" to her daughter, his only grandchild. "The Bernie Mac Show" garnered Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Mac. "But television handcuffs you, man," he said in 2001. "Now everyone telling me what...

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...and Isaac Hayes. The Bernie Mac Show won an Emmy for the writer Larry Wilmore, and garnered Mac two Emmy nominations for best comedy actor; it also received a prestigious Peabody award for its portrayal of race relations. But it quickly lost...

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