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Duncan was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering a heart attack on July 13, 2012. By August 6, 2012, he had been moved from the intensive care unit but remained hospitalized. On September 3, 2012, Duncan died in the hospital of respiratory failure. He was 54 years old.
Michael Clarke Duncan was born December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois He is best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile. In 1998, Duncan was cast as Bear in the film Armageddon, where he struck up a friendship with castmate Bruce Willis.
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UPDATED: September 28, 2021 at 10:27 p.m. He's big — 6-foot-5, 320 pounds big. But for once in his life, Michael Clarke Duncan wasn't big enough. The role of John Coffey in the movie adaptation of Stephen King's “The Green Mile” called for someone huge — 7 feet tall, around 350 pounds.
While not a true story, The Green Mile is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. The heart and plot of the book remain intact for the movie adaptation. However, changes were made to prevent the film from being too sad (if that can be believed).