Green Mile' actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died

[KK]

Just watched ricky bobby last night with him in it, and asked myself if he had died. Wasn't there another green mile actor that died, or am I thinking about that episode he had a few months back.

 

[Whisper]

Always seemed like a nice guy; definitely sad to hear about his passing.

 

[TheSiege]

I liked him in "Friday"

 

[dave_the_nerd]

*sniffle*

 

[cKGunslinger]

Man, he played a lot of "Bodyguard" and "Bouncer" roles in his early career..

 

[NFS4]

I liked him in "Friday"

Wrong guy

 

[pelov]

In 2009, African Americans were 30% more likely to die from heart disease, as compared to non-Hispanic white men.

Heart disease is racist!

 

[sdifox]

RIP

 

[ultimatebob]

Funny... I just saw him on a Two and a Half Men rerun.

How Charlie Sheen outlived this guy is a mystery to me.

 

[SKORPI0]

R.I.P. John Coffey

RIP. :'(

Yea he was. Just a big man who was just an all around nice guy. Kinda sad, has that same feel when John Ritter died, just too young.

Ironically at the same age of 54.

Notable people who died when they were 54

 

[tynopik]

no love for The Finder?

 

[NFS4]

And what's with all this talk about steroids? I've never even heard his name mentioned with steroids before.

 

[Exterous]

Sad. I enjoyed every character I have seen him play

 

[SKORPI0]

And what's with all this talk about steroids? I've never even heard his name mentioned with steroids before.

Anabolic Steroids May Weaken the Heart

 

[0roo0roo]

well steriods, what about his size? does being huge shorten your lifespan?

 

[dr150]

Anabolic Steroids May Weaken the Heart

The dude was 6'5".

Long limbed guys can't get nowhere that huge naturally.

No question in my mind he juiced....hard.

 

[thejunglegod]

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Anyone see that Duncan's fiance is non other than that Apprentice tool, Omarosa? D:

Maybe he pulled his own plug just to get away from her.

 

[her209]

Who will we get Ving Rhames confused with now?

 

[foghorn67]

no love for The Finder?

The Finder was awesome. It was cancelled not too long before his heart attack.

 

[Jadow]

he was great in the dawn of the dead remake

 

[dennilfloss]

Looks like Craig's show is an unscheduled rerun tonight. Understandable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSo5dDoXYAM

 

[mizzou]

really enjoyed his work, the finder was fun

 

[dennilfloss]

Videos of his trip to Scotland with Craig in May.

http://rsanews.com/craig-ferguson-michael-clarke-duncan-scotland/

 

[destrekor]

RIP. Big people like him have shorter lifespans, it was expected. Although he lived 9 more years than Andre the Giant.

They don't really have that much of a reduced lifespan.

If they are like Andre the Giant, as in, have a definitive case of acromegaly and go untreated, they definitely don't stand much of a chance to live into the elderly years. But they can still live to the "average expected age" and beyond.

Richard Kiel ("Jaws" from Moonraker, etc) is 73 or thereabout.

Oddly enough, according to the wiki page on acromegaly, Tony Robbins has the disease (or had it, and got it treated early). He's tallish, Duncan's height, but thinner framed. Probably had it treated very early, or otherwise a mild case.

But I'm not seeing anything anywhere, including Google, suggesting Duncan had either gigantism or acromegaly.
I think he was just a big guy - and plenty of big guys live long.

And many people die young. Maybe he had guilty pleasures regarding certain foods or consumables? Maybe he just had the bad luck card drawn and it was just the way things worked out?