A public memorial for comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday at age 50 of complications from pneumonia, will be Saturday in Chicago.

Services are scheduled for noon in the 10,000-seat House of Hope.

Ironically, Mr. Mac and Isaac Hayes, who died Sunday at age 65, were to appear in Samuel L. Jackson's upcoming film, Soul Men.

Both were to play former soul singers who haven't spoken to each other in 20 years and agree to travel cross-country to attend a reunion concert at New York City's Apollo Theater.