My friend text mes­saged me while I was at work to say that come­dian, Bernie Mac, had died of com­pli­ca­tions of pneu­mo­nia this morn­ing. He had a dis­ease of the lung — sar­coido­sis, that was unre­lated to his death. While his style of com­edy was some­what crude, he was funny and I enjoyed him when he filmed the Orig­i­nal Kings of Com­edy and I know my fam­ily was a big fan of The Bernie Mac Show which won him a Peabody award. Film cred­its also include, “Bad Santa”, “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Guess Who” with Ash­ton Kutcher. RIP.