Michael Clarke Duncan died yesterday from complications of a heart attack he suffered in July and apparently never fully recovered from. He was 54. The Huffington Post reports:
“I am terribly saddened at the loss of Big Mike. 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.” – Tom Hanks.
“I’m devastated at the loss of Michael Clarke Duncan, one of the finest people I’ve ever had the privilege to work with or know. Michael was the gentlest of souls – an exemplar of decency, integrity, and kindness. The sadness I feel is inexpressible.” – Frank Darabont, director of “The Green Mile.”
In honor of Michael Clarke Duncan’s memory, I’ll now tell anyone that tries to say he was in Green Lantern and/or Daredevil to shut their mouth, that was Ving Rhames, but I guess they all look the same to you, don’t they? You make me sick.
Rest In Peace, Big Mike.
Photo: WENN
It’s always a shame when we lose a cast member from Armageddon. I’ll never forget at horrible day when Owen Wilson was ripped to pieces by that angry mob coming out of a screening of Marley & Me.
Ha! Laughing takes the pain away; thank you for that.
Eric this is not to you but to who made the comment that he was not in the green lantern, or daredevil, that …anyway yes he was in both films he was the voice of ‘KILOWOG’ on ‘Green Lantern’ and he was the crime boss on ‘DareDevil’ and he was loved on both films and every film I saw him in for that matter. I’m not sure “The Finder’ and all his friends t the ‘Ends of the Earth’ will know what to do without him. Know your facts and films before you spout off hateful remarks to people.
“but to who made the comment that he was not in the green lantern, or daredevil, that …anyway yes he was in both films”
McBainThatsTheJoke.jpg…….
“Awful tired now, boss. Dog tired.”
RIP big guy,
the v.r. joke was a little off – what else is new.
Yeah, most Ving Rhames jokes are hard to get.
It’s the confusion with Tiny Lister.
Yeah, Tiny Lister doesn’t get enough love.
Could he, Tom? Could he?
http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2012/actor-and-accountant-agree-to-plead-guilty-to-conspiracy-charges-in-mortgage-fraud-scheme-that-cost-banks-3.8-million
LOS ANGELES—Actor Tommy Lister, who has appeared in approximately 100 movies, and a San Fernando Valley accountant were charged today in federal court with conspiring to commit mortgage fraud in a scheme that led to $3.8 million in losses.
Lister, who is also known as “Tiny” and “Zeus,” a 54-year-old Chatsworth resident, was charged this afternoon in a criminal information with one count of conspiracy.
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Tiny, Tiny Tiny. . .
Absolutely loved him. Great actor and a great guy. I will miss him.
R.I.P.
:(
“Don’t you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby!” RIP good sir. You were awesome.
R.I.P.
A truly nice guy and an excellent actor.
So sad. :(
Hey, crap on Daredevil all you want, but I always thought casting him as the Kingpin was an inspired choice.
But wait—Green Lantern? He played a Marvel character and a DC character? Is that legal?
He was great in the Daredevil Movie. Casting him as the Kingpin was brilliant.
You know, this is one of the few celebrity deaths that I’ve responded to with something other than sadness or apathy.
My exact reaction to seeing the headline was: “Oh, son of a BITCH!” I got weird looks. I’m genuinely angry about this.
I wish there was a clone of him like in “The Island” so he could live on. Sir, you were the best!
HEY HEY HEY!!! This guy was great in ‘What’s Happening’. Didn’t know he went on to more serious roles after that series ended. Good to see he kept that trademark purple beanie hat right to the end though. RIP, ‘Rerun’!
My only quibble with the “confusion with Ving Rhames” joke is that it inevitably inspires unfunny fucktards (FIFY) to try the same.
Dearest Smacktard,
On behalf of all people everywhere: Eat A Dick.
Sincerely,
The Human Race
MCD was a staple of my movie watching life for the past 15 years or so. He will always be remembered fondly. And he even appeared in Two and Half Men no less!!! Other movies off the top of my head: Sin City, Planet of the Apes, Green Mile, Armageddon, The Island, Scorpion King, Daredevil. He was no doubt going to appear in a lot more movies had he lived.
Sadness
Absolutely shocked… that he and Ving Rhames aren’t the same person. I am deeply saddened by this news.
Seriously, I loved this guy. He came across as such a warm human being. Sorry you had to go so soon. RIP
How you get Ving Rhames and Michael Clarke Duncan mixed up? Ving Rhames was Marsellus Wallace, people! Michael Clarke Duncan is the bad ass that took away Courtney Stodden’s husband’s “essence” in The Green Mile and he cured Patricia Clarkson of dementia. And he had a smile that just warms your soul. Why couldn’t Lindsay Lohan have died of a heart attack instead? *sigh*
The obligatory thumb down. I fucking love it. Do it again.
COMEDY!!! :D
You wanna know what’s really comical? I use different names saying the exact same shit that I would under “this” name and don’t get nearly as many thumbs down as I do using this name.
Prof.Widow
Who’s your mama
You’re my bitch
…all me. And those are just the names I can remember.
Honestly, while you’re certainly right about people being more predisposed to react a certain way to information depending on the source, I think a lot of how and why things get down-thumbed really depends on a myriad of factors.
As for me, I can’t be bothered to remember people on random sites, so in general (unless I’m reading a lot of back log), I tend to view most people’s comments in a vacuum. I’m familiar with certain names (you, justifiable, McBeef, etc), but not what positions they hold or what demeanor they have.
Brilliant.
Yeah, kimmy, I’m pretty sure there’s at least one person out there who thumbs down anything with my name on it. And that may or may not be the same guy who was furiously thumbing down everything I said 20-30 times a few months back.
FWIW, kimmy, my mini-rant at Smacktard doesn’t apply to you. Yours was funny. I’m only offended when someone tries to be funny and fails.
As for you Tom, I generally thumb you up. You are funny, too. Who the heck has time to come back to a site 20 times to thumb someone down?
Anyone else need reassurance of their funny-worthiness while I’m here?
But I wasn’t trying to be funny. What I said about both Ving Rhames and MCD was 100% accurate. I’m referring to Pulp Fiction and The Green Mile, respectively. What I said about Lohan, also true. My point in the thumbing down and the social experiment of changing my name periodically was solely to prove that people thumb down names without even reading comments. Not that these little thumbs mean anything. It’s just another way for people to be assholes in the most pussified way possible.
“Why couldn’t Lindsay Lohan have died of a heart attack instead? *sigh*”
Word.
This year has been a really awful one of tragic losses, but that soulless cunt keeps chugging along.
shit dude, i hadn’t read your comment before i posted the exact same thing. it should have been lohan for christ’s sake!
I know, right? Sigh.
I suspect he died because he spent time in the company of that cunt Omarosa.
He didn’t know how to work his thruster suit, so he floated away.
Sorry to see this.
He is a talent that is gone too soon. R.I.P.
And another good one bites the dust
RIP
i had a dream last night he was still alive..
then you always gotta wake up and realize that the world is now significantly more empty.
if i remember correctly, he was also a bad ass president in
‘the fifth element’.
the big guy has been in almost as many films as gary busey.
who else wants a piece of devo?!
Um, no, obvious white person, that was Tommy Lister. (good god, seriously.)
guilty as charged.
damn i’m white…
at least i knew it wasn’t ving rhames!
What does race have anything to do with it? Freaking moron.
A big shame he died so young, amazing actor who didn’t act like the usual slime of hollywood as he had class.
Also, is it related or coincidence a man who has been a bodybuilder for a very long time and maintained himself during acting too switches off a high protein meat loaded died to a cold turkey no meat eating sort that PETA touted and then has a heart attack shortly after?
It’s probably coincidence. If anything I’d expect malnourishment to be the consequence of switching to a vegetarian diet. African-Americans tend to have a higher risk factor for heart disease; plus, while he was a very muscular individual, he was carrying around a lot a weight, which can be taxing on the heart. Granted, this is all armchair quarterbacking, but I highly doubt that switching to a standard vegetarian diet would precipitate heart attack.
If anyone has actual data on the subject I’d be glad to hear it, although pictures of boobs would be nice too.
that’s a damn shame. this guy had tons of personality and (for all i know) seemed like one of the few, decent and authentic dudes in hollywood. he was terrific in, “the slammin’ salmon” as the boss of a restaurant. once again, a damn shame. WHY THE SHIT COULDN’T IT HAVE BEEN LOHAN INSTEAD!!
Hmm, I said the exact same thing up there, didn’t I? Yep, sure did.
I saw “The Green Mile” when it first came out in the theater.
Tom Hanks WHO?!!
Duncan was the star of that movie.
Always struck me as one of the sweetest, “non-hollywood” guys around. RIP dear one.
Oh. And to throw my part into the consensus -
FUCK YOU LINDSEY LOHAN!!!!!!!!!!
Slammin Salmon
I loved him in every movie of his I’ve seen. From Green Mile to Street Fighter, he stole scenes and his lovable personality shone through the screen.
A truly great man is lost and the world just got even emptier. R.I.P. MCD, thank you for everything.
So damn sad to see. :(
He always seemed like a genuinely nice person.
Woke up one night and realized he was engaged to Omarosa, so he took the only way out open to him.
RIP Big Mike. Enjoyed you work immensely.
In a related story, Omarosa asked if anyone knew when OJ was getting out of prison.
Ha Ha Ha!!!
VERY funny!
What I found most shocking about this whole situation was that he was engaged to that bitch Omarosa. Now, that caught me off guard.
Yeah, could that mean she’s actually nice and we can’t see it? It’s a mind-blower.
That’s what I wonder, too.
I was just watching this gorgeous clip of Michael and Craig Ferguson. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx9-0DxZAec
Is that Devo ? or Tiny Lister ? I cant tell the difference . Which one is still alive ?
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