Michael Clarke Duncan, the actor best known for his potrail of a death row inmate in movie The Green Mile, has died at the age of 54.

His publicist Joy Fehily, released a statement that  Clarke died this (Monday) morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack.

The 6-foot 4-inch Duncan had suffered a myocardial infarction back on July 13 but never fully recovered, the statement said.

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