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When smokeYYY alerted me up to the tragic news of Bernie Mac’s death this morning, I almost didn’t believe it. After doing a quick research, I noticed that no other news outlet had reported it besides the Chicago Sun-Times. So, I thought it was just another Mac Man rumor. It didn’t help that the Sun-Times website yanked the story initially, only to republish it an hour later. Reality finally set in after I saw Stella Foster, the South Side Chicago columnist who broke the news, confirm it on CNN.
This has been such a unfortunate year of deaths for many public figures that really deserve to be around for a long time. Ledger, Russert, and now Bernie Mac.
My thoughts and prayers are with the entire McCullough family. Rest in power, Bernie.