Bernie Mac has been visiting his widow from beyond the grave, to help her mourn his death.

The Ocean's Eleven star died of heart failure in August, following a prolonged battle with pneumonia.

And his devastated wife Rhonda McCullough insists the funnyman has returned to their home in Chicago, Illinois, to comfort her.

She describes his first 'visit': "I could smell his cologne. I inhaled and I said, 'You're here'. I was turning around and saying, 'Hey Bernard'. It stayed with me for about five minutes.

"I don't always feel him. But I think he comes when I really need him."