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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Rebel on September 03, 2012, 06:38:03 PM
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Michael Clarke Duncan -- best known for his Oscar-nominated role as a death row inmate who possessed magical healing powers in the 1999 film "The Green Mile" -- died on Monday at the age of 54, according to his fiancee Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth.
Duncan had been in a Los Angeles hospital since July 13 following a heart attack and died on Monday morning after close to two months of treatment.
At 6-feet, 5-inches tall and approximately 300 pounds, Duncan was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as gentle giant prisoner John Coffey in "The Green Mile," also starring Tom Hanks. Duncan won the role, in part, due to a recommendation by Bruce Willis, who he worked with on 1998's "Armageddon." Duncan went on to appear with Willis in three more films -- "Breakfast of Champions," "The Whole Nine Yards" and "Sin City."
Duncan's career spanned three decades and included roles in other television and film titles including "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Married with Children," "The Jamie Foxx Show," "Living Single," "Bulworth," "Arli$$," "A Night at the Roxbury," "Sister, Sister," "Cats & Dogs," "Planet of the Apes," "King of the Hill," "CSI: NY," "Kung Fu Panda," "Two and a Half Men," "Bones," and most recently "The Challenger," which is yet to be released. The African American actor also played The Kingpin in 2003's "Daredevil," starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner -- a notable achievement seeing as the character in the comics, on which the film is based, was always depicted as being white.
"The Green Mile" was nominated for four Oscars in 2000 and won 15 other awards including best supporting actor trophies for Duncan from the Black Reel Awards and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards. ---MORE--- (http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/actor-michael-clarke-duncan-green-mile-fame-dies-230656149.html)
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Oh No...I really liked him. I was just watching him in an episode of two and a half men last night. So sad. RIP God's Speed. :bawl:
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RIP.
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Absolutely LOVED him in The Green Mile and Armageddon. RIP.
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Another good person and incredible talent taken from us far too soon. RIP, John Coffey.
But engaged to Omarosa?
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RIP. Going to miss him but he left some good roles behind.
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Another good person and incredible talent taken from us far too soon. RIP, John Coffey.
But engaged to Omarosa?
Wow, that is a stunner. On both counts.
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This is just terrible news. :(
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RIP, a great actor taken way to young.
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I didn't know of him at all, so it seems I missed out on something special.
RIP, Mr. Duncan. I pray for your loved ones to find peace through their grief.
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I didn't know of him at all, so it seems I missed out on something special.
RIP, Mr. Duncan. I pray for your loved ones to find peace through their grief.
You've NEVER seen The Green Mile? Rent it. Awesome movie!
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You've NEVER seen The Green Mile? Rent it. Awesome movie!
No, I've never watched it. I think we own a DVD. I'll check it out.
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An eccentric movie - spoiled by a politically correct "eco-message" at the end - has Michael Clarke Duncan in an interesting role: FBI agent investigating paranormal activity.
The Last Mimzy
This clip at the beginning has his first scene: he reappears toward the middle for another scene:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoBvswF5BqU&feature=relmfu[/youtube]
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He was engaged to Osamarosa? He truly has gone to a better place.:-)
All kidding Aside, RIP.
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Am I the only one that doesn't know who the hell Omarosa or whatever her name is?
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Absolutely LOVED him in The Green Mile and Armageddon. RIP.
Green Mile, me too. Armageddon, not so much. I would have put DareDevil before that. RIP
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Am I the only one that doesn't know who the hell Omarosa or whatever her name is?
Most likely. Even *I* know about her.
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Am I the only one that doesn't know who the hell Omarosa or whatever her name is?
She was a runner-up on American Idol a couple years ago.
I hate having an eidetic memory. I'd like to trade a few brain cells for something useful.
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Maybe that's why. I'd prefer bamboo shoots under my fingernails to watching a stupid reality show or bs like AI.
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She was a runner-up on American Idol a couple years ago.
I hate having an eidetic memory. I'd like to trade a few brain cells for something useful.
All I knew about her was that people considered her an ugly bitch.
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She was a runner-up on American Idol a couple years ago.
I hate having an eidetic memory. I'd like to trade a few brain cells for something useful.
I thought it was "The Apprentice".
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She was a runner-up on American Idol a couple years ago.
I hate having an eidetic memory. I'd like to trade a few brain cells for something useful.
She was on The Apprentice. Eidetic memory or selective memory? :)
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She was on The Apprentice. Eidetic memory or selective memory? :)
Hmm, I might have arrived at a similar conclusion had I not read post #20, this thread.
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She was on The Apprentice. Eidetic memory or selective memory? :)
How do you think she wound up on The Apprentice?
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How do you think she wound up on The Apprentice?
I'm googling the heck out of it and haven't figured out any connection.
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I'm sorry, I got my bullshit reality shows confused. You may pelt me with licorice sticks and hard candy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarosa_Manigault-Stallworth
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I'm sorry, I got my bullshit reality shows confused. You may pelt me with licorice sticks and hard candy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarosa_Manigault-Stallworth
1,000 lashes with a wet angel hair.
It takes a big man to admit they are wrong. Good on you.
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Am I the only one that doesn't know who the hell Omarosa or whatever her name is?
Nope. Me either.
Maannn....sad.
RIP, Big Man.
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Maybe that's why. I'd prefer bamboo shoots under my fingernails to watching a stupid reality show or bs like AI.
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When the SO wants to watch those or Dancing with the 'Tards, I go to the BR TV and pop in World at War or Victory at Sea. :-)
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How do you think she wound up on The Apprentice?
She applied. It wasn't "Celebrity Apprentice".
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His role as Bear in Armageddon was priceless, particularly when they were landing the space shuttle a second time on the Evel Kneivel jump when He kept saying
Thank you Jesus!
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She applied. It wasn't "Celebrity Apprentice".
She did "The Apprentice" first, and came back on "Celebrity Apprentice". She was a real bitch the few times I saw her on the either show. I was surprised to find out she was MCD's girlfriend, let alone his fiance. He had a very good reputation for being a really nice guy.
I remember seeing him years ago, on Jay Leno, before The Green Mile, as he was in a Bruce Willis movie. He was his bodyguard and Willis put him in the movie. When I saw him on the Leno show, he was like a little kid who suddenly found himself unexpectedly at DisneyWorld. He dug ditches for the electric company in Chicago, and decided to quit and go see what Hollywood was like. He was like a "gentle giant".
So sad this happened to him. :(
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I'm sorry, I got my bullshit reality shows confused. You may pelt me with licorice sticks and hard candy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarosa_Manigault-Stallworth
Seems like Wikipedia should say "in 200? she had her funbags done to try to jumpstart her career. :wink:
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I will miss him, along with a lot of guys out there. His best lines were in Armageddon when they were starting training for directional thrusters.
I would say the Green Mile, but I can't watch that film more than ten times. Armageddon I can watch with friends and have a good bunch of laughs.