Actor Bernie Mac Dies

Comic actor Bernie Mac died early Saturday at a Chicago hospital due to complications from pneumonia, according to a family member and his publicist.

The actor, 50, had been hospitalized for over a week in Chicago, Ill. with the lung infection.

Diana Smith, his publicist, said that on Thursday his condition was "stable." He was expected to make a full recovery.

Smith had previously stated that the pneumonia was not related to sarcoidosis, a lung disease that Mac had, which had been in remission.

Mac - born Bernard Jeffery McCollugh - starred in the Fox television series "The Bernie Mac Show." His film roles included the "Ocean's Eleven" series, "Friday," "Get on the Bus," "Transformers" and "Bad Santa."

Mac is survived by his wife Rhonda, daughter Je'Niece and a granddaughter Jasmine.