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Hilarious Film, TV Star In Concert April 18 COACHELLA, Calif., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Cedric The Entertainer is one of America's funniest men of the big screen, small screen, even the bookshelf.

By Scott Bowles When Malcolm Lee got the call over the weekend that Bernie Mac had died, the director says he was overcome by grief. When he got a call the next day that Isaac Hayes, 65, also died, he began to question reality. "It was surreal," Lee says.

By Robert Bianco We've been cheated out of Bernie Mac's second act. Dead from pneumonia at a mere 50, Mac leaves behind a legacy of great success and unfulfilled promise. We can be grateful for the hits, most notably his influential, insufficiently appreciated sitcom The Bernie Mac Show.

By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," died Saturday at age 50.