"Green Mile" star Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54

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Duncan had suffered from a myocardial infarction and had been hospitalized at the city's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center since July 13, according to the Hollywood Reporter, which cited the actor's longtime manager Dan Spilo as saying.

Duncan, who was 6 feet four inches (1.95 meters) tall, was a former bodyguard² for Will Smith and a couple of other Hollywood actors. He later turned to acting³, beginning with minor⁴ roles in films and television series including "Bulworth" and "A Night at the Roxbury."

As his popularity soared, Duncan, at the recommendation of Bruce Willis, played John Coffey, a death row inmate⁵ opposite Tom Hanks as a correction officer at a 1930s prison in "Green Mile," a Stephen King novel adaptation. The drama won four nods for Academy Awards, including best actor for Duncan in a supporting role.

A prolific actor who appeared in several movies a year, Duncan also starred in films such as "Armageddon," "Planet of the Apes."

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