Bernie Mac death has been confirmed by Chicago Sun Times. Columnist Stella Foster received calls early Saturday morning from a close friend of the Mac family, confirming the reports of Mac’s death.

Bernie Mac, the well known actor and comedian, Bernie Mac, died at Northwestern Memorial hospital early Saturday morning. Though the cause of death has not been confirmed, Mac had been hospitalized recently for pneumonia.

Bernie Mac, 50, was known for movie star roles in Bad Santa, Ocean’s Eleven and Transformers as well as a long running TV show.

Bernie Mac started performing comedy at the tender young age of 8 at a local church and later switched to comedy when he was 20 years old. His mother, Mary passed away from cancer when Bernie Mac was 16.

Rest in peace, Bernie Mac.

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Dr. Michael DeBakey, the pioneering heart surgeon who is renowned for his procedures developing bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died at the age of 99.

Houston’s Methodist Hospital officials said DeBakey died of natural causes. They gave no additional details.

In Feb 2006, DeBakey underwent surgery, that used a procedure that he invented, for a damaged aorta.

“Dr. DeBakey’s reputation brought many people into this institution, and he treated them all: heads of state, entertainers, businessmen and presidents, as well as people with no titles and no means,” said Ron Girotto, president of the Methodist Hospital System.

“He has improved the human condition and touched the lives of generations to come.”

Dr. DeBakey is a pioneer in the development of artificial hearts, heart pumps, and other medical tools.

The famed doctor also assisted in the design of several surgical instruments as well.

DeBakey’s first wife, Diana Cooper DeBakey, died of a heart attack in 1972. Three years later, DeBakey married a German film actress, Katrin Fehlhaber.

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