Bernie Mac, you are already missed.” Mac, who died at a Chicago hospital of complications from pneumonia, will be seen this fall in the comedy feature Soul Men opposite pal Samuel L. Jackson, ...

In fact, if you have not read the book yet, I’d recommend it as an important companion to the TV special. It offers far more detail about Mac’s struggles on his way to comedy success.

Of The Bernie Mac Show, Legend said: “It was beautifully done… His humor was always edgy but it always had so much heart to it at the same time. You could tell he was a family man.

Nobody wanted to go onstage after Bernie Mac. You were always thinking, Can I do these things to the same audience? Mac, who died Aug. 9 at age 50, had this freedom, this edge--one minute he was ...