LOS ANGELES – Michael Clarke Duncan's fiancee says the Oscar nominee for "The Green Mile" has died while being hospitalized following a July heart attack.

Publicist Joy Fehily released a statement from Clarke's fiancee, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, saying the 54-year-old actor died Monday morning in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following the July 13 heart attack.

The 6-foot-5, 300 pound Duncan appeared in dozens of films, including such box office hits as "Armageddon," "Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda."

Duncan had a handful of minor roles before "The Green Mile" brought him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. The 1999 film, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, starred Tom Hanks as a corrections officer at a penitentiary in the 1930s. Duncan played John Coffey, a convicted murderer.

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How sad! He was one of my favorite actors!

An underrated actor for sure. One of the best he will be missed. Enjoyed him in the whole nine yards, and a night at the roxbury.

He was great in those. He was also awesome in Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (One of the funniest movies I have ever seen), The Slammin' Salmon (The guys whoe wrote, directed and starred in Super Troopers made and starred in this movie also, work watching!), The Green Lantern, D.E.B.S., Armageddon, Friday, The Players Club, Street Fighter The Legend of Chun-Li and many other films!

I didn't know that he was engaged to Omarosa from the Apprentice. I never liked that woman at all.

he was such a awsome actor

loved that guy

RIP, Dude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp4jCOyDh7M

One of the funniest scenes he ever was in.

I wonder if his size put too much strain on his heart....

sounded like a sweet man, and carried himself as such too

may he RIP

Probably. People are also thinking it could have been from Steroids.

I can't believe for such a nice guy how he was engaged to such a witch like Omarosa.

He's one of my favorites too. Seemed like a real stand up guy in RL as well, from what I've seen and heard of him.

He was. He participated in the USO and a lot of charaties and worked hard for our entertainment. He never made it really big and thats a shame as he had more talent then most of the acrots and actresses in the business and if he were still alive I think he would have become a big name mainstream actor.

I was really looking forward to seeing him in the second Green Lantern film.

Did you ever see Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins or The Slammin' Salmon?

I haven't but I will have to check them out.

Here is the official trailer's for Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqr21OhzkWw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utJUvPNWfrs

Here is a funny scene from that movie with Michael Clarke Duncan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp4jCOyDh7M

Here is the official trailer for The Slammin' Salmon.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dfk40IaWnI

On July 13, 2012, Duncan was taken to a hospital after suffering a heart attack. Media reports suggested that his girlfriend, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, had previously tried to save his life by performing CPR. Duncan's publicist, Joy Fehily, issued a statement on August 6 that read he was moved from the Intensive-care unit but remained hospitalized following his heart attack.

On September 3, Fehily quoted Manigault as saying that Duncan had died in Los Angeles. He added that celebrations of Duncan's life would be announced at a later date. The statement also, for the first time, described Manigault as Duncan's fiancée.

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LOS ANGELES – 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 Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack, said his fiancee, Reverend Omarosa Manigault, in a statement released by publicist Joy Fehily.

The muscular, 6-foot-4 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."

In the spring of 2012, Clarke had appeared in a video for PETA, the animal rights organization, in which he spoke of how much better he felt since becoming a vegetarian three years earlier.

"I cleared out my refrigerator, about $5,000 worth of meat," he said. "I'm a lot healthier than I was when I was eating meat."

Duncan had a handful of minor roles before "The Green Mile" brought him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. The 1999 film, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, starred Tom Hanks as a corrections officer at a penitentiary in the 1930s. Duncan played John Coffey, a convicted murderer with a surprisingly gentle demeanor and extraordinary healing powers.

Duncan's performance caught on with critics and moviegoers and he quickly became a favorite in Hollywood, appearing in several films a year. He owed some of his good fortune to Bruce Willis, who recommended Duncan for "The Green Mile" after the two appeared together in "Armageddon." Clarke would work with Willis again in "Breakfast of Champions," "The Whole Nine Yards" and "Sin City."

His industrial-sized build was suited for everything from superhero films ("Daredevil") to comedy ("Talledega Nights," "School for Scoundrels"). His gravelly baritone alone was good enough for several animated movies, including, "Kung Fu Panda," "Delgo" and "Brother Bear." Among Clarke's television credits: "The Apprentice," "The Finder," "Two and a Half Men" and "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody."

Born in Chicago in 1957, Duncan was raised by a single mother whose resistance to his playing football led to his deciding he wanted to become an actor. But when his mother became ill, he dropped out of college, Alcorn State University, and worked as a ditch digger and bouncer to support her. By his mid-20s, he was in Los Angeles, where he looked for acting parts and became a bodyguard for Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and other stars. The murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G., for whom Duncan had been hired to protect before switching assignments, led him to quit his job and pursue acting full-time.

Early film and television credits, when he was usually cast as a bodyguard or bouncer, included "Bulworth," "A Night at the Roxbury" and "The Players Club."

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