Actor comedian Bernie Mack, 50, whose real name was Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, died from complications of pneumonia. Apparently, Bernie Mac did not pass away from Sarcoidosis.

Bernie Mack suffered from the immune-system disorder sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs. Bernie Mac’s sarcoidosis condition reportedly . . .

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Actress Estelle Getty, who was just short of her 85th birthday, succumbed to Lewy Body Dementia. Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is a disease with symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Dementia. Estelle Getty was born Estelle Scher in New York City on July 25, 1923. Getty set aside early acting ambitions to become a "housewife in Bayshore, Queens," according to the New York Times in a 1982 article. As Actress Estelle Getty, then 58, told the newspaper she thought she . . .

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