Bernie Mac
American stand-up comedian, actor and film producer.
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Key facts and history
A 1992 performance on HBO's Def Comedy Jam brought him national attention.[3] In 2001, Fox aired his sitcom The Bernie Mac Show, which won an Emmy, a Peabody Award, and the Humanitas Prize.[4] Mary McCullough and Jeffrey Harrison were the parents of Bernie Mac, who was their second child; he grew up on Chicago's south side with his single mother and grandparents.[5] Mac's secondary education started at Chicago Vocational High School, but after his mother died during his sophomore year, he relocated to Tampa, Florida to attend Jesuit High School.[6]
After coming back to Chicago, Mac finished his studies at Chicago Vocational in 1975 and then held multiple jobs while performing comedy on weekends.[7] The Three Stooges, along with comedians Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx, were among those who influenced Mac.[3] Mac's stand-up career began at Chicago's Cotton Club, and when he was 32 years old he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search.[3]
What the cited sources add
The Biography.com account states that Mac's first standup routine was at age 8 for his church congregation.[2] Mac authored two books: 2001's I Ain't Scared of You: Bernie Mac on How Life Is and his 2003 memoir Maybe You Never Cry Again.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Bernie Mac" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bernie Mac", Biography.com, 27 April 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Bernie Mac", Biography.com, 27 April 2021. facts only, no text reused. biography.com
- Wikipedia, "Bernie Mac" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bernie Mac Hip Hop History Official Russell Simmons Website", Russell Simmons, 2018-11-08 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bernie Mac" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bernie Mac", Television Academy; Bernie Mac obituary; June 20, 2004 issue (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bernie Mac" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bernie Mac Obituary on Legacy.com", Legacy.com, 10 August 2008; "Bernie Mac Foundation", www.berniemacfoundation.org; "Bernie Mac", IMDb (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bernie Mac" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Savoy Magazine May 2002 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bernie Mac" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1975 Chicago Vocational High School Year Book (Chicago, Illinois)", Classmates.com, 1975; Savoy Magazine May 2002 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Bernie Mac (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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