Famous comedian Bernie Mac, hospitalized in Chicago for pneumonia, is “responding well to treatment” and is expected to be released in the next few weeks, his spokeswoman announced on Thursday, as reported by Reuters.

Apart from the fact that Bernie Mac, aged 50, remained hospitalized, but was “in stable condition”, the statement released by his publicist, Danica Smith, gave no further details about the actor.

Last week, Danica Smith said that the comedian’s pneumonia was not related to his inflammatory lung disease, which has been in remission since 2005, according to the Associated Press.

Bernie Mac was hospitalized with pneumonia on August 1. Soon after, rumors of his death have circulated, but were totally rejected by his publicist.

The two time Emmy Award-nominated actor is famous for playing in productions such as the “Ocean’s Eleven” trilogy, “Guess Who” and the “Charlie’s Angels” sequel “Full Throttle,” plus his U.S. television sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show,” which ran on the Fox network from 2001 to 2006.

In the show, he becomes all of a sudden custodian over his sister’s three children after she enters rehab. Moreover, “The Bernie Mac Show” included many parodies of incidents in the actor’s real life. Nevertheless, the show was not renewed after the 2006 season. The series earned Mac two Golden Globe nominations besides the two Emmy Awards nominations.