Thousands attend Bernie Mac’s Memorial
Posted on August 17th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Thousands of mourners, gathered at Chicago’s House of Hope church on Saturday for the funeral of comedian Bernie Mac on Saturday. Bernie died on Saturday August 9th at age 50, after losing his battle with pneumonia.
Samuel L. Jackson,Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and Reverend Jesse Jackson were among those who attended the service where more than 6,000 fans and locals crowded outside to bid their final farewells. ackson, who recently filmed the movie Soul Men with Bernie, remembered him as “that kid from Chicago who wanted to make everybody laugh”.
He added: “He never turned down that kid for an autograph.” A slideshow of photos from Bernie’s life was played on video screens and letters of condolence from children, TV host Oprah Winfrey and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama were read aloud.
The Chicago White Sox organization, Mac’s beloved baseball team, presented his widow Rhonda with a jersey bearing his name and the number one. Also honored at the memorial was another of Mac’s Soul Men costars, Isaac Hayes, who died one day after Bernie, at the age of 65.
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