Sad news kids. Just as Patrick Swayze and A&E were starting to really promote their upcoming drama The Beast, pneumonia showed up. Tired and worn down from fighting cancer, Patrick was scheduled to appear at the Television Critics Association’s press junket at the Universal Hilton when the network had to announce he was ill.

“Patrick has asked that I tell you that this morning he checked himself into the hospital for observation for pneumonia,” A&E president and GM Robert DeBitetto said. “Chemotherapy can take its toll on the immune system, and illnesses are a part of that. Patrick wishes me to tell you that he’s very sorry he cannot attend, but plans to get back to promoting ‘The Beast’ soon.”

I can’t be the only one that utterly SHOCKED that Bernie Mac died from pneumonia? I spent all day Sunday wondering how someone dies from something so treatable in this day and age. Until I read this:

Mac died early Saturday morning of complications due to pneumonia, his publicist said. Mac, 50, had been hospitalized for about a week at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs.

So sad. The entire city of Chicago is no doubt in morning.

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