Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54
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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan arrives at the 2010 BET Awards in Los Angeles in this June 27, 2010 file photo. Green Mile actor Duncan died, on Sept 3, 2012, at age 54, less than eight weeks after suffering a heart attack from which he never fully recovered. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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In this Jan 10, 2011 photo, Michael Clarke Duncan, (left), and his fiancee Omarosa Manigault arrive at the premiere of The Green Hornet in Los Angeles. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Jan 7, 2001, file photo, actor Michael Clarke Duncan shows off two awards for the film The Green Mile at the 27th Annual People's Choice Awards in Pasadena, California. -- PHOTO: AP
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This March 26, 2000, file photo shows US actor Michael Clarke Duncan showing off his watch on his arrival at the Shrine Auditorium for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
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The Green Mile starring Tom Hanks (left) and Michael Clarke Duncan. -- PHOTO: MEDIAWORKS
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The crime lord Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan, left) hires Bullseye (Colin Farrell), the assassin with perfect aim, to put an end to Daredevil's interference. -- PHOTO: 20TH CENTURY FOX
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan arrives at the 2010 BET Awards in Los Angeles in this June 27, 2010 file photo. Green Mile actor Duncan died, on Sept 3, 2012, at age 54, less than eight weeks after suffering a heart attack from which he never fully recovered. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
In this Jan 10, 2011 photo, Michael Clarke Duncan, (left), and his fiancee Omarosa Manigault arrive at the premiere of The Green Hornet in Los Angeles. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Jan 7, 2001, file photo, actor Michael Clarke Duncan shows off two awards for the film The Green Mile at the 27th Annual People's Choice Awards in Pasadena, California. -- PHOTO: AP
This March 26, 2000, file photo shows US actor Michael Clarke Duncan showing off his watch on his arrival at the Shrine Auditorium for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
The Green Mile starring Tom Hanks (left) and Michael Clarke Duncan. -- PHOTO: MEDIAWORKS
The crime lord Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan, left) hires Bullseye (Colin Farrell), the assassin with perfect aim, to put an end to Daredevil's interference. -- PHOTO: 20TH CENTURY FOX
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in The Green Mile and such other box office hits as Armageddon, Planet Of The Apes and Kung Fu Panda, is dead at age 54.
Clarke died on Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack, said his fiancée, reality TV personality Rev. Omarosa Manigault, in a statement released by publicist Joy Fehily.
The muscular, 1.96m Duncan, a former bodyguard who turned to acting in his 30s, "suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered," the statement said.
"Manigault is grateful for all of your prayers and asks for privacy at this time. Celebrations of his life, both private and public, will be announced at a later date."
