Hollywood Hit Hard by 3 Deaths Over Weekend
It was a tough weekend for Hollywood. Manager/producer Bernie Brillstein died on Thursday at 77, actor/comedian Bernie Mac died on Saturday at age 50 and on Sunday, songwriter/musican Isaac Hayes died at 65.
Brillstein was famous for discovering talent like Jim Henson, John Belushi and Gilda Radner, being instrumental in “Saturday Night Live.” Mac was known for his own show, “The Bernie Mac Show” and for doing the remake of “Ocean’s Eleven” and its sequels. Hayes won both the Academy and Grammy awards for his “Theme From Shaft” but might be better known to kids these days at the school cook on “South Park.”
Tags: Belushi, Bernie Brillstein, Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, Saturday Night Live, South Park
August 21st, 2008 at 1:22 am
Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes will be missed.
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