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Michael Clarke Duncan's Funeral: Tom Hanks, Jay Leno, Omarosa Remember Green Mile Actor 11 Sep 12

The 54-year-old actor was laid to rest Monday in a Hollywood cemetery, and many of Hollywood's elite came out to pay their respects. Tom Hanks and Jay Leno, both looking somber, were in attendance, as was Duncan's tearful fiancee Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth. Vivica A. Fox, David Boreanaz and Holly Robinson Peete came out to see Clarke laid to rest as well.
Stevie Wonder appeared via video playing piano and singing the opening verses of "As" for Duncan, whom many of his friends referred to as a "gentle giant."

"Just to see such a pure heart and pure kindness, and to see it taken so early," an emotional Leno told the assembled mourners. "There are no sadder words than what might have been."

The Green Mile star suffered a heart attack July 13, and died a few weeks later on Sept. 3. A coroner confirmed Duncan passed away of natural causes. His death certificate lists respiratory failure as his immediate cause of death.

The 6-foot-5-inch, 300-pound star will be remembered for his plethora of roles, including Daredevil, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, the Tim Burton Planet of the Apes remake and Armageddon.

Green Mile director Frank Darabont, also in attendance, said that "no one had a more positive spirit" than Duncan. He also read a letter from Stephen King, in which the Green Mile author wrote that no actor "has ever done a character I wrote more justice."
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of Duncan's loved ones.

Source: uk.eonline.com

 

 
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