Michael Clarke Duncan: 1957-2012

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan attends the premiere of Relativity Media's "Act of Valor" at ArcLight Cinemas on Feb. 13, 2012, in Hollywood, Calif.

Duncan received an Oscar nomination for his performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile." He also appeared in "Armageddon," "The Whole Nine Yards," ''Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda."

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan and his fiancee, TV personality Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, attend the premiere of Relativity Media's "Act of Valor" at ArcLight Cinemas on Feb. 13, 2012, in Hollywood, Calif.

Duncan died Sept. 3, 2012 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack. He was 54.

Michael Clarke Duncan arrives at Columbia Pictures' "The Green Hornet" premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Jan. 10, 2011, in Hollywood, Calif.

Michael Clark Duncan arrives at the FOX All-Star party at Gladstones on Aug. 5, 2011, in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Michael Clarke Duncan and TV personality Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth attend In Touch Weekly's annual "Icons & Idols" celebration at Bar Marmont on Sept. 12, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif.

Michael Clarke Duncan poses before the screening of "Armageddon" during AFI & Walt Disney Pictures' "A Cinematic Celebration of Jerry Bruckheimer" held at the Mann Chinese 6 on May 17, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Duncan died Sept. 3, 2012 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack. He was 54.

Michael Clarke Duncan attends the launch party for CAPCOM's "Street Fighter IV" at the The Geffen Contemporary at Museum of Contemporary Art on Feb. 12, 2009, in Los Angeles.

Michael Clarke Duncan drives down the court during the McDonald's NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by 2K Sports held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center on Feb. 16, 2007, in Las Vegas.

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan arrives at the premiere of "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" at Mann's Grauman Chinese Theater on July 26, 2006, in Hollywood, Calif.

The 2006 film, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," featured Micahel Clarke Duncan, Will Ferrell, Jane Lynch and Gary Cole.

Michael Clarke Duncan attends Dreamworks Premiere Of "The Island" at the Ziegfeld theatre July 11, 2005, in New York.

Michael Clark Duncan on stage at the Victor Awards on July 10, 2004, in Las Vegas.

Michael Clarke Duncan had a role in 2005's "Sin City" with Jessica Alba.

Michael Clarke Duncan appears on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios on Oct. 29, 2003, in Burbank, Calif.

Michael Clarke Duncan appeared in 2003's "Daredevil," alongside Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.

Michael Clarke Duncan starred in 2002's "The Scorpion King," also featuring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

"The Rock" and Michael Clarke Duncan at the premiere of "The Scorpion King" at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles on April 17, 2002.

Michael Clark Duncan from the film "The Green Mile" holds his two People's Choice Awards for favorite motion picture and favorite dramatic motion picture backstage at the 27th Annual People's Choice Awards Jan. 7, 2001, in Pasadena, Calif.

Michael Clarke Duncan had a role in the 2000 film, "The Whole Nine Yards," about a struggling dentist in Canada. The movie featured Bruce Willis, Michael Perry and Rosanna Arquette.

Michael Clarke Duncan shows off his watch on his arrival at the Shrine Auditorium for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, March 26, 2000.

Michael Clarke Duncan arrives at the premiere of his new film "The Green Mile" with his sister Judy Duncan, in Los Angeles, Dec. 6, 1999. The film also stars Tom Hanks, and was written, directed and produced by Frank Darabont and based on the Stephen King novel about 1930s death-row prisoners and their guards.

Michael Clarke Duncan is seen here in a scene from the 1999 film, "The Green Mile."

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.

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan in a scene from the 1999 film "The Green Mile" for which he received a best supporting actor nomination for an Academy Award.

Michael Clarke Duncan appeared in the 1998 film, "Armageddon," starring Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck.