Michael Clarke Duncan, Dies at Age 54

Michael Clarke Duncan, died Monday in a Los Angeles hospital after two months of treatment for a heart attack. He was 54.

The 300-lb. actor "never fully recovered" from the July 13 heart attack, according to a statement issued on behalf of his fiancé, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, the former star of The Apprentice.

"Manigault is grateful for all of your prayers and asks for privacy at this time," says the statement. "Celebrations of his life, both private and public, will be announced at a later date."

Duncan's performance in the 1999 Tom Hanks hit The Green Mile earned him a supporting-actor Academy Award nomination.

"I am terribly saddened at the loss of Big Mike," Hanks said Monday. "He was the treasure we all discovered on the set of The Green Mile. He was magic. He was a big love of man and his passing leaves us stunned."