Bernie spent the last weeks of his life at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago, his hometown, battling Pneumonia. He was in stable condition and believed to be making a recovery, but things just didn’t work out that way.

Bernie began honing his craft at the tender age of 9, doing standup on trains in Chicago. He cracked jokes to anyone that would listen and knew from the start that he wanted to be a comedian. He stuck to his goal and became one of the world’s best known and most well-liked comedians, making us laugh over and again.

Bernie will forever be remembered; the world has lost a truly happy soul.