Sunday, 17 August 2008

Thousands pay respects to comedy king Bernie Mac

CHICAGO �

As Cedric the Entertainer scanned the crowd of more than 6,000 gathered on Chicago's South Side to remember Bernie Mac on Saturday, he cracked that the drollery king was "still the hottest ticket in town."


Fans, friends and fellow celebrities descended on the House of Hope megachurch to bid their farewells to a