
Is still in the hospital and is expected is remain there for the next few weeks. A statement from Mac's publicist, Danica Smith, offered no further information about Uncle Bernie, except to say that he remaines in "stable condition" and is "responding well to treatment" in a Chicago-area hospital.
She said last week that Mac's bout with pneumonia was unrelated to his previous diagnosis of a chronic tissue inflammation, called sarcoidosis, which has been in remission since 2005.