American actor Michael-Clarke Duncan has died in LA less than 8 weeks after suffering a heart attack.
He was 54-years-old.
The 6-foot-5 star was best-known for playing a death row inmate in “The Green Mile” for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
He appeared in dozens of films including “Armageddon,” ‘Planet of the Apes” and “Kung Fu Panda”.
He had a heart attack on July 13th and “never fully recovered” his publicist Joy Fehily said.
He worked as a bodyguard and bouncer and played a few roles of that kind in film and television, before landing a small part in the 1998 movie “Armageddon“.
That led to a much larger role in the 1999 prison drama “The Green Mile” with Tom Hanks.
He had roles in the 2002 film “The Scorpion King,” the 2003 comic book movie “Daredevil” and 2005 release “Sin City”.
He also did voice work for the 2008 animated film “Kung Fu Panda”.
Here is a clip of his Oscar-nominated performance as John Coffey in “The Green Mile”:
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